True Nature Quotes

• Always with me was the inner twin: my true nature, my true self. It is timeless, free, compassionate and in love with whatever is natural to me

  Alice Walker

  Self, Twins, Natural

  Alice Walker (1997). “The Same River Twice”, p.32, Simon and Schuster

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• Aging is no accident. It is necessary to the human
  condition, intended by the soul. We become more characteristic of who we are simply by lasting into later years; the older we become, the more our true natures emerge. Thus the final years have a very important purpose: the fulfillment and confirmation of one’s character.

  James Hillman

  Character, Years, Soul

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• We can find true refuge within our own hearts and minds-right here, right now, in the midst of our moment-to-momen t lives. We find true refuge whenever we recognize the silent space of awareness behind all our busy doing and striving. We find refuge whenever our hearts open with tenderness and love. We find refuge whenever we connect with the innate clarity and intelligence of our true nature.

  Tara Brach

  Heart, Space, Mind

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• Your true nature is that of infinite spirit. The feeling of limitation is the work of the mind.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Feelings, Mind, Spirit

  Maharshi Ramana, Swami Saraswati Ramananda (1963). “Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi”

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• The point is that our true nature is not some ideal that we have to live up to. It's who we are right now, and that's what we can make friends with and celebrate.

  Pema Chodron

  Who We Are, Celebrate, Ideals

  Pema Chodron (1996). “Awakening Loving-Kindness”, p.23, Shambhala Publications

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• For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.

  Martin Luther

  Nature, Tree, Earth Day

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• A person's true nature is revealed at times of the greatest adversity.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Adversity, Persons

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• Now don't think that awakening is the end. Awakening is the end of seeking, the end of the seeker, but it is the beginning of a life lived from your true nature.

  Adyashanti

  Life, Thinking, Awakening

  Adyashanti (2009). “Emptiness Dancing”, p.2, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• When we have an inner initiation into pure love, we are in contact with our true nature.

  Michael Beckwith

  Pure Love, Contact, Initiation

  Interview with Christopher Caplan, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love.

  Jack Kornfield

  Expression, Courageous, Empty

  Twitter post from Feb 02, 2015

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• Here is my wish and my desire and my pledge as well: that we remember our true nature and our womanhood. That we own and know that we are more than our bodies and yet our bodies are these sacred, beautiful, rhythmic houses for us.

  Tracee Ellis Ross

  Beautiful, House, Wish

  FaceBook post by Tracee Ellis Ross from Nov 26, 2013

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• To deny ones' true nature and the gifts given you by the gods is to tempt disaster. You cannot hide behind the mask forever.

  Midori Snyder

  Forever, Mask, Disaster

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• In opening we can see how many times we have mistaken small identities and fearful beliefs for our true nature and how limiting this is. We can touch with great compassion the pain from the contracted identities that we and others have created in the world.

  Jack Kornfield

  Pain, Buddhism, Compassion

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• The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.

  James Thurber

  Fun, World, Comedy

  Interview with Edward R. Murrow on "Small World", CBS-TV, March 25, 1959.

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• There are many winds full of anger, and lust and greed. They move the rubbish around, but the solid mountain of our true nature stays where it's always been.

  Rumi

  Integrity, Moving, Wind

  Jelaluddin Rumi (2000). “Feeling the Shoulder of the Lion: Poetry and Teaching Stories of Rumi”, p.91, Shambhala Publications

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• I don't know and probably never will know enough about the true nature of the universe to tell anyone else what to believe, and I've come to distrust the words of those who have presumed to do so.

  Pete Hautman

  Believe, Enough, Distrust

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• Oneness is very simple: everything is included and allowed to live according to its true nature. This is the secret that is being revealed.

  Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

  Simple, Oneness, Secret

  Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee (2002). “Working with Oneness”, p.12, The Golden Sufi Center

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• The true nature of anything is what it becomes at its highest.

  Aristotle

  Highest

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• Understanding dissolves fear. When we understand the true nature of our being, fears dissipate. We are spiritual beings, not human beings.

  Brian Weiss

  Spiritual, Understanding, Humans

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• Part of the blessing and challenge of being human is that we must discover our own true nature.

  Mark Nepo

  Blessing, Challenges, Being Human

  Mark Nepo (2011). “The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have (Gift Edition)”, p.293, Conari Press

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• When I listen to love, I am listening to my true nature. When I express love, I am expressing my true nature

  Julia Cameron

  Love, Listening, Nature Love

  Julia Cameron (1998). “Blessings”, p.17, Penguin

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• Just be. Let your true nature emerge. Don't disturb your mind with seeking.

  Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

  Imagining Yourself, Mind, Seeking

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• Samsara is the mind turned outwardly, lost in its projections. Nirvana is the mind turned inwardly, recognizing its true nature.

  Sogyal Rinpoche

  Buddhist, Mind, Lost

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• Please open your eyes now, but keep attention in the inner energy field of the body as you look around the room. The inner body lies at the threshold between your form identity and your essence identity, your true nature. Never lose touch with it.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Lying, Eye, Essence

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.113, New World Library

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• Each thing tends to move towards its own nature. I always desire happiness which is my true nature. My nature is never a burden to me. Happiness is never a burden to me, whilst sorrow is.

  Adi Shankara

  Happiness, Nature, Moving

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