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To the judgmental eye, everything is closed in definitive frames. When the judgmental eye looks out, it sees things in terms of lines and squares.

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In contrast to how a child belongs in the world, adult belonging is never as natural, innocent, or playful. Adult belonging has…
Our bodies know they belong; it is our minds that make our lives so homeless.
It is strange to be here. The mystery never leaves you alone. Behind your image, below your words, above your thoughts, the…
The blessings for which we hunger are not to be found in other places or people. These gifts can only be given…
If you live the life you love, you will receive shelter and blessings. Sometimes the great famine of blessings in and around…
To have true integrity, poise, and courage is to be attuned to the silent and invisible nature within you.
When you've gone as far as you can go, quietly await your next beginning.
The idea [of therapy] isn't to give people answers, or lead their bark of longing into a safe, dull, protected harbor, but…
The essence of who you are is ultimately mysterious, ungraspable and numinous-completely different from every other structure of matter.
When people get into therapy, or when they need healing, their real hope is that they'll come to the secret frontier in…
We [humans] are the only creatures who are in-between. We're of the earth, but don't belong to it, because we strain after…
In order to keep our balance, we need to hold the interior and exterior, visible and invisible, known and unknown, temporal and…

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Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be. — Ambrose Bierce
Though a man may be found in a weak state, that does not at all mean that he has been abandoned by… — John of Shanghai and San Francisco
Jealousy sees things always with magnifying glasses which make little things large, of dwarfs giants, of suspicions truths. — Miguel de Cervantes
Some guys need to see things on a grease board, ... I like when you can see it in your mind. And… — Peyton Manning
He who sees things grow from the beginning will have the best view of them. — Aristotle
President Hinckley is not only a living prophet but also a living seer. He sees things that others do not see. He… — David E. Sorensen
The philosopher is like a man fasting in the midst of universal intoxication. He alone perceives the illusion of which all creatures… — Henri Frederic Amiel
How does one get rid of fear? Ramana: What is fear? It is only a thought. If there is anything besides the… — Ramana Maharshi
But fortunately for us and for all men, it has not been given unto us to judge, nor to execute, nor to… — Richard L. Evans
The prosaic man sees things badly, or with the bodily sense; but the poet sees them clad in beauty, with the spiritual… — Henry David Thoreau
Do you want to improve the world? I don't think it can be done. The world is sacred. It can't be improved.… — Laozi
He's 19 years of age, ... He's a fiery character and competitive. I think maybe when he sees things that are a… — Fergie

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