Guy Finley Quotes

Each time we see and are touched by the expression of some eternal principle, we catch a sweet glimpse of some aspect of our True Self.

A whole new kind of spiritual happiness dawns in us as we realize that dark clouds do not ruin sunny skies... they merely pass through them to help us remember our love of the light.

Far better is it for you to go through one small thing that frightens you than to make a thousand plans for an imagined fearless day to come.

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

Discouragement tricks you into mentally or emotionally dwelling in the very place you want to leave.

Every truth ever discovered -- each new light that will ever burn bright -- already exists in our consciousness. All we will ever know and share about love, humility, compassion, and sacrifice -- the secrets that will reveal and then resolve old sorrows -- awaits us within ourselves. Hidden in this truth is our great promise, both as individuals and as a race of beings.

No condition outside ourselves can create a rut or trap us in it. It's impossible.

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

Chasing after a pleasure to ease a pain is like running after a breeze to cool you down.

Every one of us lives in a world that is no larger and no smaller than our understanding.

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 than a picture of a castle on a postcard is made from stone. You have a destination far beyond where you find yourself standing today.

Everything passes. There is great beauty in this, both in the passing of pain and in the passing of pleasure. When things present themselves to you as permanent, don't believe it.

It's a paradox of the true spiritual path, but the more conscious we become of what limits us, the more limitless becomes our life.

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

Our greatest strength isn't our ability to imagine brighter days ahead, it is that we are empowered-in every present moment-to effortlessly dismiss any dark thought or feeling that, left unattended, diminishes our happiness.

Being fully present is the best guarantee for a bright future.

Psychologically speaking, what is true requires no protection, and never becomes negative when challenged. On the other hand, what is false almost never stops trying to protect itself, which it does by finding fault with whatever or whoever challenges the false image behind which it always hides.

The only thing worried thoughts have the power to change is what the next thing will be for you to worry over!

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 real quality of our life is not determined by what we have won from it, but by what we have discovered within it.

Instead of always asking yourself how to clear up your mental fog, learn to ask: "Can confusion know anything about clarity?"

The only way to cultivate a quiet mind is by planting seeds of silence.

To be more aware, we need only listen for and let go of the thoughts which steal our attention.

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.

If any of those times you rushed around madly - trying to get somewhere faster - had ever made any real difference in the quality of your life... don't you think you'd be able to slow down by now?

If you love getting gifts - and who doesn't - then why not accept, with gratitude, the greatest gift there is: the present moment.

Any form of measuring yourself by the unkind action of another towards you is like looking into a badly fractured mirror... and then blaming yourself for the shattered image you see therein.

As the lesser is always found within the greater, so this principle holds true with regards to time and the eternal.

To know that every moment — regardless of how it comes wrapped — is a gift greater than you can give yourself, is to be well on your way to a life without fear.

The great ones in life are not those who are handed silver spoons. Their excellence comes from digging into the raw ore of their own character, through hard work, persistence and faith turning whatever they touch into gold.

Each moment of life is only as precious as is our ability to attend to it.

When you realize no one else on this earth can be like you... that no other soul may know the beauty, sorrow, light and darkness you alone are given to see... then you will, at last, be the fearless individual your Heart of hearts has called you to be.

Trying to change ourselves in order to please others - so that we can feel temporarily whole for having won their approval - is like cutting a flower into pieces so that it will fit into a vase.

The nature of what the Divine notices about you is completely different from the nature of what you do to get noticed.

The only reason your mind won't stop its endless chattering is because you won't stop listening to it!

Real freedom isn't subject to how others estimate our value; it is in realizing that none are free who find their sense of worth wondering how others measure their lives.

If you don't leap, you'll never know what it's like to fly.

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

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

I am willing to walk toward, and then through, whatever may be seen in the moment as being greater than myself.

The vast majority of our troubles and heartaches would simply vanish from view if only we could remember - before we act - that we are made victims mostly by our own tendencies.

It's time to break our ties with anything in us that would rather complain about its situation than go to work to change it.

Looking to any angry, anxious, or otherwise stressed emotional state to help you sort out the pain you're in is like trying to organize your monthly bills by throwing them into a blender

Listening to your own mind gives you "good reasons" why you should be fearful over unexpected events is just like being friends with someone who thinks it's funny to find new ways to hurt you!

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

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.

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

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