Past mistakes cannot create a present pain; no mistake in life has the power to make us ache any more than the echo of someone crying can shed tears.
—Guy Finley
Topics: Tears
Fearlessness comes with the birth of this new understanding: The only reason life changes as it does is to reveal the secret Goodness underlying those same changes.
—Guy Finley
Topics: Fear
The past is as powerless to darken the present moment as is a shadow to reach up and drag down the form that casts it.
—Guy Finley
Topics: Sadness
Any negative attitude on the part of others towards you is their pain, not yours.
—Guy Finley
Topics: Attitude
We must do the work to prove our fears groundless, otherwise it is our fears that will gain ground and our lives will be spent in their service.
—Guy Finley
Topics: Fear
Freedom isn�t selective; it is either complete, unfettered, and now . . . or it is not freedom.
—Guy Finley
Topics: Freedom
Real achievement—the true measure of how far we have advanced in life—is not determined by what we have acquired, but rather by the degree to which we have put our fears behind us.
—Guy Finley
Topics: Achievement
We are not here on earth to change our destiny, but to fulfill it.
—Guy Finley
Topics: Destiny
Knowledge without Spirit is like finding yourself on a cold night with all the wood in the world and having no flame with which to ignite it.
—Guy Finley
Topics: Knowledge
Fearless self-honesty is the secret corner stone of true self-freedom.
—Guy Finley
Topics: Freedom
Being fully present is the best guarantee for a bright future.
—Guy Finley
Topics: Future
Real love cannot be deceived because it wants nothing outside of itself.
—Guy Finley
Topics: Love
The only thing worried thoughts have the power to change is what the next thing will be for you to worry over!
—Guy Finley
Topics: Sadness
Forgiveness is better than bitterness because not only does it taste sweeter, but it doesn’t make you sick to your stomach!
—Guy Finley
Topics: Forgiveness
Feeling dissatisfied over what life presents in any given moment is like standing before the whole ocean and getting negative because part of you believes there�s only one place to enter its waters where it�s possible to enjoy yourself.
—Guy Finley
Topics: Life
Few acts of kindness do as much to make the world a better place as when we choose to consciously bear our own meanness.
—Guy Finley
Topics: Kindness
Before we can ever learn to love one another as we would hope to do, we must first be willing to see that for too long we have loved only ourselves . . . and that even this has been done poorly.
—Guy Finley
Topics: Love
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.
—Guy Finley
Topics: Freedom
The only world in which “defeat” exists as a reality is the one darkened by the false idea that what may have happened to us a moment ago is the same as what’s possible for us to achieve now.
—Guy Finley
Topics: Loss
Much like the hands of a clock go nowhere fast, anxious thoughts run us round-and-round without taking us anywhere!
—Guy Finley
Topics: Sadness
Weak thoughts and feelings often feel strong but remember, real strength is never anxious, cruel, or punishing.
—Guy Finley
Topics: Strength
Being anxious, or in a painful rush of any kind, kills the possibility of meeting anyone with compassion.
—Guy Finley
Topics: Stress
The fear of seeing ourselves as we are ensures we will never see the end of our fears.
—Guy Finley
Topics: Fear
You don’t need strength to let go of something. What you really need is understanding.
—Guy Finley
Topics: Letting Go, Understanding
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.
—Guy Finley
Topics: Stress
The character of greatness must be measured in two ways, else the measurement is flawed. First, and by far most popular of all, is by one’s ability to succeed in times of trial where others may fail. But of no less importance, and perhaps foundational to any form of greatness, is one’s willingness to start over in spite of failure, when success seems farthest away.
—Guy Finley
Topics: Greatness
No one can be free who believes freedom is coming.
—Guy Finley
Topics: Freedom
Freedom is not found in escaping “this” or possessing “that” . . . Real freedom is the active understanding that the world of “this and that” is a window into a higher order of reality not limited by the opposites.
—Guy Finley
Topics: Freedom
Nothing glows brighter than the heart awakened to the unseen light of Love that lives within it.
—Guy Finley
Topics: Love
In any relationship where one person depends on another to be his or her “parachute—and the other accepts this role—both will fall to the ground.
—Guy Finley