Quotes from Guy Finley

What is the nature of that place where our original self is one with its longing to explore its own deepest possibilities, and where discovering the treasures waiting there is the same as fulfilling our purpose for being?

Statistics vary, but in less than seven years there won't be a single cell left in any of our bodies that's the same as it is today. This means that any human being who 'wants' to change is like a mountain river wanting to reach the valley floor. It's a done deal; that's what mountain rivers do, and 'changing' should be our first nature.

The path to the inwardly enriched life is not hidden from the man or woman who longs to walk upon it.

Nothing in the universe can stop you from letting go and starting over.

Never speak out of anger, Never act out of fear, Never choose from impatience, But wait... and peace will appear.

The heart at peace is its own reward, needing nothing outside of itself to be fully content.

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 Peace you long for also longs for you.

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

The greatest power you possess in life is your understanding that life gives you a fresh start any moment you choose.

A crisis is a close encounter of the third kind.

You have a destination far beyond where you find yourself standing today.

Who you really are, your True Nature, is no more tied to the kind of person you've been than the wind is tied to the skies through which it moves.

Your past is just that, the past, a place within your psyche with no more reality to it then the picture of a castle on a postcard is made from stone.

From the movie, The Boy Who Could Fly Somewhere, deep inside, we can all fly.

What possible good does it do to resent any moment for unfolding as it does, to wish it didn't happen? Does it change the moment in any positive way? No it does not.

If I am identified with my relationship, with my house, or with my money, I am doomed to suffer.

The strength of any weakness within us is the degree to which it is feared.

Within each of us dwells a higher order of consciousness created with a possibility far greater than to merely appear and disappear as some form in the river of passing time.

Knowledge without Spirit is like finding yourself on a cold night with all the wood in the world and no flame to ignite it.

We conquer ourselves by learning patience, for she gives to us our longed for victory only in the surrender of self.

The only one interested in hearing your sad story is . . . you; and even you wish you didn't have to relive it again!

Life isn't a race to win, it's a school for our higher education.

Trying to "fix" the people in your life that cause you pain is like massaging your shoes because your feet ache.