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• So often, over the course of our day-to-days, we forget the details of what shapes us most in life. Sure, we'll pay through the nose to have our weddings videotaped, but can we say the same thing about the first time we discovered masturbation, or the moment we realized that the true nature of the opposite sex is to lie and humiliate (and I'm not just talking about women here)? Usually not.

  Kevin Smith

  Sex, Lying, Talking

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• Because Mr. Mandelas early opponents invested so many resources into distorting the true nature of his advocacy, the singular historic moment millions now celebrate could have been tragically lost to guerrilla decontextualization.

  Aberjhani

  Opponents, Moments, Historic

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• The true nature of evil is that it is so very casual.

  James St. James

  Evil, Casual, Nature Of Evil

  "Party animal". www.theguardian.com. April 25, 1999.

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• True refuge is that which allows us to be at home, at peace, to discover true happiness. The only thing that can give us true refuge is the awareness and love that is intrinsic to who we are. Ultimately, its our own true nature.

  Tara Brach

  Home, Giving, And Love

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• Our practice rather than being about killing the ego is about simply discovering our true nature.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Practice, Ego, Killing

  FaceBook post by Sharon Salzberg from Dec 06, 2014

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• One day we will learn that the heart can never be totally right if the head is totally wrong. Only through the bringing together of head and heart-intelligence and goodness-shall man rise to a fulfillment of his true nature.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Heart, Men, One Day

  Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”

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• Perhaps if we lived with less physical beauty we would develop our true natures more.

  Shirley Hazzard

  Beauty, Physical Beauty, Ifs

  Shirley Hazzard (2004). “The Evening of the Holiday: A Novel”, p.112, Macmillan

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• To begin to understand your Soul as an integral part of yourself and begin to connect with your Soul as a part of your full being and your true nature, is the beginning of wisdom and the portal to true joy.

  Genevieve

  True Joy, Soul, Portal

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• The uniqueness of zazen lies in this: that the mind is freed from bondage to all thought forms, visions, objects, and imaginings, however sacred or elevating, and brought to a state of absolute emptiness, from which alone it may one day perceive its own true nature, or the nature of the universe.

  Philip Kapleau

  Lying, Mind, Vision

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• The truth may often be carried about by those who themselves remain all unaware of it. They bear that which has weight and substance and yet for them has no name whereby it may be evoked or called forth. They go about ignorant of the true nature of their condition, such are the wiles of truth and such its stratagems.

  Cormac McCarthy

  Truth, Often Is, Names

  Cormac McCarthy (2013). “The Border Trilogy: Picador Classic”, p.433, Pan Macmillan

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• What should you do now? Find a new way. A better way. Your way. The unknown, uncharted path through this wild new world that allows you---yourself, in your uniqueness--to reclaim the full measure of your true nature.

  Martha Beck

  World, Way, Path

  Martha Beck (2011). “Finding Your Way in a Wild New World: Reclaim Your True Nature to Create the Life You Want”, p.15, Simon and Schuster

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• Though we often see life troughs as the universe's conspiracy to ruin us, they're actually our own true nature inviting us to lay down our weary heads.

  Martha Beck

  Ruins, Conspiracy, Weary

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• Our true nature is free of any and all notions of gender, of any notions of difference whatsoever.

  Andrew Cohen

  Differences, Literature, Gender

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• Man is like a tree, with the mighty trunk of intellect, the spreading branches of imagination, and the roots of the lower instincts that bind him to the earth. The moral life, however, is the fruit he bears; in it his true nature is revealed.

  Felix Adler

  Men, Roots, Imagination

  "Life and Destiny". Book by Felix Adler, 1903.

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• My errors have been errors of calculation and judging men, not in appreciating the true nature of truth and ahimsa or in their application.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Men, Errors, Appreciate

  Mahatma Gandhi (1947). “Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi”

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• Don't try to change the world.
  First, change yourself or rather, your self-perception, and you find the world automatically corresponding to the level of your understanding.
  You will find that it has always been you who set the pace and depth of your experience by recognizing and honoring your true nature.

  Mooji

  Self, Understanding, Perception

  Mooji (2017). “White Fire: Spiritual Insights and Teachings of Advaita Zen Master Mooji”, p.381, New Harbinger Publications

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• Your anger is like a flower. In the beginning you may not understand the nature of your anger, or why it has come up. But if you know how to embrace it with the energy of mindfulness, it will begin to open. You may be sitting, following your breathing, or you may be practicing walking meditation to generate the energy of mindfulness and embrace your anger. After ten or twenty minutes your anger will have to open herself to you, and suddenly, you will see the true nature of your anger. It may have arisen just because of a wrong perception or the lack of skillfulness.

  Nhat Hanh

  Flower, Anger, Walking Meditation

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• To know the true nature of a person unknown, just see closely and correctly the character of known people who truly like him or her.

  Anuj

  Character, People, Persons

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• Your True Nature Is Love. There's Nothing You Can Do About It.

  Byron Katie

  Sister, Daughter, Brother

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• Bowing is a very serious practice. You should be prepared to bow, even in your last moment. even though it is impossible to get rid of our self-centered desires, we have to do it. Our true nature wants us to.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Self, Practice, Desire

  Shunryu Suzuki (2010). “Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind”, p.28, Shambhala Publications

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• Strange that so much suffering is caused because of the misunderstandings of God's true nature. God's heart is more gentle than the Virgin's first kiss upon the Christ. And God's forgiveness to all, to any thought or act, is more certain than our own being.

  St. Catherine of Siena

  Heart, Kissing, Suffering

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• Happiness and peace of mind are a matter of consciousness. We must create the harmony we desire. As we raise our level of consciousness we become more in tune with the true nature of our being. This type of awareness is not an accident; it comes from study and an understanding that we are truly creative.

  Bob Proctor

  Happiness, Creative, Understanding

  FaceBook post by Bob Proctor from Dec 16, 2011

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• The unknown, our own true nature, has the capacity to wake itself up when you start to fall in love with letting go of all the mental structures you hold onto. Contemplate this: there is no such thing as a true belief.

  Adyashanti

  Letting Go, Spiritual, Wisdom

  Adyashanti (2009). “Emptiness Dancing”, p.55, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• When we come close to those things that break us down, we touch those things that also break us open. And in that breaking open, we uncover our true nature.

  Wayne Muller

  Pain, Loss, Challenges

  Wayne Muller (2013). “How Then, Shall We Live?: Four Simple Questions That Reveal the Beauty and Meaning of Our Lives”, p.41, Bantam

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• The real questions are the ones that obtrude upon your consciousness whether you like it or not, the ones that make your mind start vibrating like a jackhammer, the ones that you "come to terms with" only to discover that they are still there. The real questions refuse to be placated. They barge into your life at the times when it seems most important for them to stay away. They are the questions asked most frequently and answered most inadequately, the ones that reveal their true natures slowly, reluctantly, most often against your will.

  Ingrid Bengis

  Real, Mind, Important

  Ingrid Bengis (1973). “COMBAT IN THE EROGENOUS ZONE”

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