Guy Finley
Guy Finley
Guy Finleyis an American self-help writer, philosopher, and spiritual teacher, and former professional songwriter and musician...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth22 February 1949
CountryUnited States of America
real wonder subjects
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.
real quality determined
The real quality of our life is not determined by what we have won from it, but by what we have discovered within it.
stress crowds want
Instead of always asking how to get others to approve of you... learn to ask: What do I really want, the applause of the crowds or to quietly have my own life?
mistake self-conscious humans
The only mistake that we can make as human beings is to be asleep, unaware of ourselves.
summer spring fall
Once something has outlived its usefulness in one area of life, its purpose for being in existence is no longer the same. The leaf that captures a stream of sunlight, and then transfers its energy to the tree, serves one purpose in the spring and summer, and another completely different one through the fall and winter.
loss reality ideas
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.
grows within-you
Only you can choose the nature of what grows, or what doesn't, within you.
all-things
All things good come to those for whom the Good is all things.
wisdom sweet self
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.
meaningful stress dark
True happiness isn't something that can be made. It isn't the result of anything. Happiness comes to those who understand that you can't seek it any more than you seek the air you breathe. It is a part of life to be found within living. ... All pursuit of happiness is based upon the false assumption that there is a way to possess it; you may as well try to grab a handful of breeze! Happiness is the natural expression of a stress-free life, just as sunlight naturally warms the Earth after dark clouds appear.
running mistake lessons
The mistake we have made in our lives is that over and over again we've run into the needful moment and then failed to learn its higher lesson. We don't like needful moments and therefore we resist them.
heart contentment wish
Eventually, we reach the point where we start to realize that we are not going to find peace, contentment, happiness, strength, fearlessness - all of the things that in our heart of hearts we wish we had - outside of us.
fear ends seeing
The fear of seeing ourselves as we are ensures we will never see the end of our fears.
heart rushing mind
Rushing around, hoping to find peace of mind anywhere other than within yourself, is like looking for your heart in someone else's body!