And it is the mind that can learn to stay calm, resourceful, compassionate, and effective. Everything depends on our state of mind – the one thing in life we can do something about.

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"Love grows by practice; there is no other way."

- Eknath Easwaran

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"Patience can’t be acquired overnight. It is just like building up a muscle. Every day you need to work on it."

- Eknath Easwaran

Personal Growth

"Being a good teacher takes patience; being a good doctor also takes patience. In fact, if you want to excel in anything, master any skill, patience is an asset."

- Eknath Easwaran

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"As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives."

- Henry David Thoreau

Mindfulness

"Your body can stand almost anything. It’s your mind that you have to convince."

- Anon

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"You have to think it before you can do it. The mind is what makes it all possible."

- Kai Greene

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"Your mind is the key to your body’s strength."

- Unknown

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"Your limits are all in your mind."

- Unknown

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