External Quotes

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As no outward motion or change, when normal, in man's external body can take place unless provoked by an inward impulse, given through one of… — Helena
Normally we divide the external world into that which we consider to be good or valuable, bad or worthless, or neither. Most of the time… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
It isn't the changes that do you in, it's the transitions. Change is not the same as transition. Change is situational: the new site, the… — William Bridges
While the hero journeys for external fame, fortune, and power, the heroine tries to regain her lost creative spiritâ€¦Â Once she hears the cries of… — Valerie Estelle Frankel
Self-doubt does more to sabotage individual potential than all external limitations put together. — Brian Tracy
It helps remove whatever fears or insecurities we may have and gives us the strength to cope with any obstacles we encounter. It is the… — Dalai Lama
As you go about your life, don't give 100 percent of your attention to the external world and your mind. Keep some within. — Eckhart Tolle
All see, and most admire, the glare which hovers round the external trappings of elevated office. To me there is nothing in it, beyond the… — George Washington
Grace is within you. Grace is your self. Grace is not something to be acquired from others. If it is external, it is useless. All… — Ramana Maharshi
Many people never grow up. They stay all their lives with a passionate need for external authority and guidance, pretending not to trust their own… — Alan Watts
For external beauty, you put on things; for real beauty, you have to drop all things. For external beauty you have to have make-up; for… — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Beyond the beauty of external forms, there is more here: something that cannot be named, something ineffable, some deep, inner, holy essence. Whenever and wherever… — Eckhart Tolle
Faith is the power to stand up to the madness and chaos of the physical world, while holding the position that nothing external has any… — Caroline Myss
I would say that my position is not too far from that of Ayn Rand's; that I would like to see government reduced to no… — Robert A. Heinlein
We should devote ourselves to being self-sufficient and must not depend upon the external ratings by others for our happiness. — Bruce Lee
No one is ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself. The external teacher offers only the suggestion, which arouses the… — Swami Vivekananda
Ritual is to the internal sciences what experiment is to the external sciences. — Timothy Leary
Sorrow and happiness are the heresies of virtue; joy and anger lead astray from TAO; love and hate cause loss of virtue. The heart unconscious… — Zhuangzi
A genuine act of kindness makes me feel like I really am where you cut underneath anything external, and you become what a human being… — Catherine Ryan Hyde
When one has come to accept a certain course as duty he has a pleasant sense of relief and of lifted responsibility, even if the… — Charles Horton Cooley

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