Guy Finley Quotes - Page 2

Know that everything is in perfect order whether you understand it or not.

The belief that you have no choice but to keep suffering through whatever frightens you is like believing you have to hold onto a scalding cup so that you won't spill your coffee!

Trying to change ourselves in order to please others - so that we can feel temporarily whole for having won their approval - is like cutting a flower into pieces so that it will fit into a vase.

Getting stressed and struggling to change the outcome of any past event is like arguing with an echo to make it see your point of view.

It's time to break our ties with anything in us that would rather complain about its situation than go to work to change it.

Real achievement -- the true measure of how far we have advanced in life -- is not determined by what we have acquired, but rather by the degree to which we have put our fears behind us.

The only mistake that we can make as human beings is to be asleep, unaware of ourselves.

Everything passes. There is great beauty in this, both in the passing of pain and in the passing of pleasure. When things present themselves to you as permanent, don't believe it.

Real freedom isn't subject to how others estimate our value; it is in realizing that none are free who find their sense of worth wondering how others measure their lives.

Being fully present is the best guarantee for a bright future.

A whole new kind of spiritual happiness dawns in us as we realize that dark clouds do not ruin sunny skies... they merely pass through them to help us remember our love of the light.

Make it your moment-to-moment aim to recognize the difference between being aware of your thoughts, and being carried along by them.

Rushing around, hoping to find peace of mind anywhere other than within yourself, is like looking for your heart in someone else's body!

The Only Power You Need to Be Free of Troublesome People Since what other people do to you is not in your power to change, you need only concern yourself with what you do to yourself, for that is in your power

The only reason your mind won't stop its endless chattering is because you won't stop listening to it!

See that any time you feel pained or defeated, it is only because you insist on clinging to what doesn't work. Dare to let go and you won't lose a thing except for a punishing idea.

The limit of your present understanding is not the limit of your possibilities.

In spite of how things may appear to us, we are never trapped by where we are. The trap is always who we are

If you want light to come into your life, you need to stand where it is shining.

All things good come to those for whom the Good is all things.

What you don't want to know about yourself wants to be known, which is why it keeps 'showing up' at your door unannounced!

We become what we love. What we put first in our lives is what we receive from life.

Discouragement is a negative emotion with more than one trick up its dark sleeve. It tricks you into mentally or emotionally dwelling in the very place you want to leave. Drop all such sorrow permanently by daring to see through this deception of the unconscious mind. You have a destination far beyond where you find yourself standing today

Weak thoughts and feelings often feel strong but remember, real strength is never anxious, cruel, or punishing.

Most people would rather complain about some painful life pattern than dare to meet the level of their own consciousness responsible for its repeated appearance... and therein do the work needed to change it once and for all.