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“Just as any hidden thing can be found, with the right description leading to its location, that is how our hidden potentials can be found; with the right knowledge leading to its location.”

“Highest miracle is to discover who you are – the ultimate possibility.”

“When you apply that gift you possess that comes so easily to you and can be used anywhere, anytime to help someone else; maybe your family, your community, your city, state, country or the world in general... that is your PURPOSE.”

“a burning light(light having oil) will burn to a glowing light which will grow into a shining light to become an illuminator”

“You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.”

“You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.”

“Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery.”

“Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.”

“As long as you perceive that anyone is holding you back, you have not taken full responsibility for your own liberation. Liberation means that you stand free of making demands on others and life to make you happy. When you discover yourself to be nothing but Freedom, you stop setting up conditions and requirements that need to be satisfied in order for you to be happy. It is in the absolute surrender of all conditions and requirements that Liberation is discovered to be who and what you are. Then the love and wisdom that flows out of you has a liberating effect on others.”

“The only reason we write - well, the only reason why I write; maybe I shouldn't generalize - is so that I can find out something about myself. Writers have this narcissistic obsession about how we got to be who we are. I have to understand my ancestors - my father, his mother and her mother - to understand who I am. It all leads back to the narcissistic pleasure of discovering yourself.”

“People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering.”

“To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.”

“We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us.”

“Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”

“Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”

“It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.”

“There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.”

“Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes.”

“The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.”

“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”

“People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.”

“All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.”

“Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.”

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”

“We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel... is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become.”

“The deepest secret is that life is not a process of discovery, but a process of creation. You are not discovering yourself, but creating yourself anew. Seek therefore, not to find out Who You Are, but seek to determine Who You Want to Be.”

“I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life. The problem is that I can't find anybody who can tell me what they want.”

“If you feel lost, disappointed, hesitant, or weak, return to yourself, to who you are, here and now and when you get there, you will discover yourself, like a lotus flower in full bloom, even in a muddy pond, beautiful and strong.”

“You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself.”

“Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.”

“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.”

“Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.”

“We will discover the nature of our particular genius when we stop trying to conform to our own or other people's models, learn to be ourselves, and allow our natural channel to open.”