Quotes from Guy Finley

The only world in which "defeat" exists as a reality is the one darkened by the false idea that what may have happened to us a moment ago is the same as what's possible for us to achieve now.

Past mistakes cannot create a present pain; no mistake in life has the power to make us ache any more than the echo of someone crying can shed tears.

Being anxious, or in a painful rush of any kind, kills the possibility of meeting anyone with compassion.

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

In any relationship where one person depends on another to be his or her "parachute -- and the other accepts this role -- both will fall to the ground.

Freedom is not found in escaping "this" or possessing "that" . . . Real freedom is the active understanding that the world of "this and that" is a window into a higher order of reality not limited by the opposites.

The past is as powerless to darken the present moment as is a shadow to reach up and drag down the form that casts it.

Nothing glows brighter than the heart awakened to the unseen light of Love that lives within it.

We must do the work to prove our fears groundless, otherwise it is our fears that will gain ground and our lives will be spent in their service.

Just as the absence of clouds does not mean the end of the sky, neither is an empty mind the end of knowing.

The fear of seeing ourselves as we are ensures we will never see the end of our fears.

You don't need strength to let go of something. What you really need is understanding.

We know the presence of each passing moment by its activity, but the power and eternity of the moment can only be realized through our choosing to be consciously passive to that presence.

Fearlessness comes with the birth of this new understanding: The only reason life changes as it does is to reveal the secret Goodness underlying those same changes.

The character of greatness must be measured in two ways, else the measurement is flawed. First, and by far most popular of all, is by one's ability to succeed in times of trial where others may fail. But of no less importance, and perhaps foundational to any form of greatness, is one's willingness to start over in spite of failure, when success seems farthest away.

The unattended mind lives with unending wants, while the awakened mind understands that its own watchfulness is the fullness it seeks.

Love is effortless attention.

Few acts of kindness do as much to make the world a better place as when we choose to consciously bear our own meanness.

Walk lightly through life.

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

Real change isn't found in some new way to think about yourself, but in freedom from the need to think about yourself at all.

Eventually, we reach the point where we start to realize that we are not going to find peace, contentment, happiness, strength, fearlessness - all of the things that in our heart of hearts we wish we had - outside of us.

Every relationship that we have in our lives - our contact with each person, place, and event - serves a very special, if yet to be realized purpose: They are mirrors that can serve to show us things about ourselves that can be realized in no other way.

Spend everyday casual, but industrious Every moment alert, but relaxed.