This genuine heart of sadness can teach us great compassion. It can humble us when we're arrogant and soften us when we are unkind.

Pema Chödrön

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True, you have worked hard for many years. But you must aspire until the end. There is no such thing as a pension in the spiritual life.

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All ego really is, is our opinions, which we take to be solid, real, and the absolute truth about how things are.

Do not look for a sanctuary in anyone except your self.

Boredom, anger, sadness, or fear are not 'yours,' not personal. They are conditions of the human mind. They come and go. Nothing that comes and goes is you.

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