"The strength of any weakness within us..." - Quote by Guy Finley
The strength of any weakness within us is the degree to which it is feared.
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“The only thing worried thoughts have the power to change is what the next thing will be for you to worry over!”
“Psychologically speaking, what is true requires no protection, and never becomes negative when challenged. On the other hand, what is false almost never stops trying to protect itself, which it does by finding fault with whatever or whoever challenges the false image behind which it always hides.”
“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.”
More on Weakness
“I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is softness of head.”
“Conceit in weakest bodies works the strongest.”
“There is nothing in the world more pitiable than an irresolute man, oscillating between two feelings, who would willingly unite the two and who does not perceive that nothing can unite them”
More on Fear
“Life in the world... was nothing more than a system of atavistic contracts, banal ceremonies, preordained words, with which people entertained each other in society in order not to commit murder. The dominant sign in that paradise of provincial frivolity was fear of the unknown.”
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
“But in this country it is necessary, now and then, to put one admiral to death in order to inspire the others to fight.”