Classroom Talk: 7/23/2004 - Closing our eyes to where we may be in the wrong in that moment of any strained relationship does not make what is wrong within us any less of a burden to bear, but it does ensure that wherever we go we will find ourselves "bumping" into others and, for our pride-induced blindness, continuing to blame them for what we have refused to see.
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Classroom Talk: 7/9/2004 - When we go through life giving of ourselves the bare minimum to get by, it should come as no surprise to us that life returns to us the same! Excellence is the child of effort, whose parents are known as Patience and Love.
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Classroom Talk: 7/9/2004 - When we go through life giving of ourselves the bare minimum to get by, it should come as no surprise to us that life returns to us the same! Excellence is the child of effort, whose parents are known as Patience and Love.
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Classroom Talk: 9/19/2003 - Here is how to receive a gift from Life greater than can be told: never again give to another person any thought or feeling that you wouldn't want to keep for yourself.
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Classroom Talk: 8/20/2003 - Patient persistence in our labors, coupled with persistent patience through-out each one: these two powers serve not only to perfect the task at hand, but also work in harmony to perfect the hand that undertakes the task.
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Classroom Talk: 6/8/2003 - The love of the Living Light is its own reward, for whoever willingly embraces its Spirit holds in his or her heart the inexhaustible supply and Source of Life itself.
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Classroom Talk: 3/7/2003 - The seed of greatness is sown in an instant, but in this world of ours everything great takes time to grow. This means that patience, mingled with persistence, is the special nutriment that sustains all things great. Therefore, should we wish to win the Great Life, we need only add equal measures of quiet watchfulness to our spiritual willingness and a Great Goodness cannot help but flourish within us.
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Classroom Talk: 11/15/2002 - Unseen by us, but with real enough effect upon us, is that our constant internal commentary about the conditions going on around us surrounds us; wrapping us up as in a blanket (of thought) that seems comforting to us for its familiar weave and pattern, but whose ever-shrinking fabric secretly covers up and smothers all that might be seen anew about life.
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Classroom Talk: 6/28/2002 - Part 1: Eight steps to inner success: Step up. Challenge the fates. Work hard. Quietly wait. Be kind. Don't hesitate. Love Truth. Die to what hates. Part 2: Patient persistence in our labors, coupled with persistent patience through-out each one: these two powers serve not only to perfect the task at hand, but also work in harmony to perfect the hand that undertakes the task.
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Classroom Talk: 6/14/2002 - Hoping that we can come upon the Peace of a quiet mind and Fullness of a contented heart without working to become conscious of the secret causes that steal in to disturb this interior wholeness, is like hoping to harvest sweet fruit from our very own orchard without first tasking ourselves to patiently plant its trees!
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