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The real payoff of a yoga practice, I came to see, is not a perfect handstand or a deeper forward bend—it is the newly born self that each day steps off the yoga mat and back into life.

By Rolf Gates
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Rolf Gates is an American author, teacher, speaker, and addictions counselor. His work encompasses meditation, yoga, and addiction recovery.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageThere is no gain without struggle.

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Martin Luther King Jr.
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FindCenter Quotes ImageWhen things go wrong, you’ll find they usually go on getting worse for some time; but when things once start going right they often go on getting better and better.

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C. S. Lewis
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FindCenter Quotes ImageOne of the great liabilities of history is that all too many people fail to remain awake through great periods of social change. Every society has its protectors of status quo and its fraternities of the indifferent who are notorious for sleeping through revolutions.

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Martin Luther King Jr.
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FindCenter Quotes ImageIt may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for a bird to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.

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C. S. Lewis
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FindCenter Quotes ImageAs my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation — either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course.

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Martin Luther King Jr.
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FindCenter Quotes ImageLife is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

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Søren Aabye Kierkegaard
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FindCenter Quotes ImageMental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say ‘My tooth is aching’ than to say ‘My heart is broken.’

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C. S. Lewis
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FindCenter Quotes ImageThe ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

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Martin Luther King Jr.
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FindCenter Quotes ImageThere are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageLife can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

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