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"Great Spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."
~ Albert Einstein

"We don't see things as they are. We see things as we are. "
~ Anais Nin

"Reality is merely an illusion; albeit, a very persistent one."
~ Albert Einstein

"The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend."
~ Henri Bergson

"Enlightenment is ego’s ultimate disappointment."
~ Chögyam Trungpa

"Enlightenment is not about imagining figures of light but of making the darkness conscious."
~ C.G. Jung

"Minds are like parachutes; they work best when open."
~ Lord Thomas Dewar

"I was part of that strange race of people aptly described as spending their lives doing things they detest to make money they don't want to buy things they don't need to impress people they dislike."
~ Emile Henry Gauvreau

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."
~ Gandhi

"All the people we call ‘geniuses’ are men and women who somehow escaped having to put that curious, wondering child in themselves to sleep."
~ Barbara Sher

"I want to know the thoughts of God; the rest are details."
~ Albert Einstein

"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn."
~ Alvin Toffler

"The only reason I am a star is because of my repression. Nothing else would have driven me through all that if I was 'normal'."
~ John Lennon

"Take your life in your own hands and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame."
~ Erica Jong

"Emotions are the next frontier to be understood and conquered. To manage our emotions is not to drug them or suppress them, but to understand them so that we can intelligently direct our emotional energies and intentions.... It's time for human beings to grow up emotionally, to mature into emotionally managed and responsible citizens. No magic pill will do it."
~ Doc Childre

"What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult."
~ Sigmund Freud

"But to me the notion that spirituality is separate from the rest of life does not allow for a practical approach to living a life that has extraordinary quality."
~ Tony Robbins

"If you want to reach a state of bliss, then go beyond your ego and the internal dialogue. Make a decision to relinquish the need to control, the need to be approved, and the need to judge. Those are the three things the ego is doing all the time. It's very important to be aware of them every time they come up.'
~ Deepak Chopra

"The continual awareness of what was going on made me feel ashamed I wasn't saying anything. I burst out because I could no longer play that game any more, it was just too much for me."
~ John Lennon