“Holding onto
anger is like grasp-
ing onto a hot coal
with the intent of throw-
ing it at someone else.
You are the one who
gets burned.”
– Gautama Buddha (563-483 B.C.) Hindu Prince and founder of Buddhism
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From Michael C. – “Sometimes I listen but I do not hear, there’s always a message if I’m willing to be still and have an open ear.”
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“Money has always been a problem for us. We could never find enough to support ourselves and our habits.” (12 & 12, p. 130)
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“We see ourselves as we really are, accepting our good qualities along with our defects … . We are becoming what we were meant to be all along: whole human beings.” (It Works, How and Why, p. 74)
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“A thing of beauty is a joy forever:
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
“A bower quiet for us, and a sleep” excerpt from Keats’ poem below.
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“Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.”
– Lucius Annaeus Seneca (BCE 3-65 CE) Roman philosopher
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“As far as
we can discern,
the sole purpose of
human existence is
to kindle a light in
the darkness of
mere being.”
– Carl Jung (1875 – 1961) Swiss psychologist
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“The third heart practice is loving-kindness, also known as metta. These are thoughts that are free from ill-will, simply wishing that somebody else be happy that they be well and free from suffering.” (Recovery Dharma, pg. 28)
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“Yet, as with other addictions and compulsions, the costs are great. In this case, sex becomes a furtive enemy to be continually kept at bay, even at the price of annihilating a part of oneself.” (Sexual Anorexia, p. 1)
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