"Anger begins as an inner twinge. We sense……" — Peter McWilliams
"Anger begins as an inner twinge. We sense something long before it blossoms (explodes?) into an emotional tirade. If we listen to this twinge -- and follow its advice -- the emotional outburst (or in burst) is not needed."
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130 Quotes by Peter McWilliams
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Some people think that meditation takes time away from physical accomplishment. Taken to extremes, of course, that's true. Most people,…
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The comfort zone takes our greatest aspirations and turns them into excuses for not bothering to aspire.
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Mistakes, obviously, show us what needs improving. Without mistakes, how would we know what we had to work on?
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I must conquer my loneliness alone. I must be happy with myself or I have nothing to offer you. Two…
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Positive thoughts: joy, happiness, fulfillment, achievement, worthiness, have positive results: enthusiasm, calm, well-being, ease, energy, love....
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Marijuana is the finest anti-nausea medication known to science, and our leaders have lied about this consistently. [Arresting people for]…
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Send the light of your own loving ahead of you. When you get there, the loving will have prepared a…
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If our early lessons of acceptance were as successful as our early lessons of anger how much happier we would…
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To visualize is to see what is not there, what is not real - a dream. To visualize is, in…
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If you want peace, stop fighting. If you want peace of mind, stop fighting with your thoughts.
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Acceptance is such an important commodity, some have called it "the first law of personal growth".
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Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
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