Shakti Gawain (1948–2018) was an American bestselling author, speaker, retreat leader, and internationally renowned teacher in the fields of consciousness and personal growth.
CLEAR ALL
Affliction is often that thing which prepares an ordinary person for some sort of an extraordinary destiny.
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When 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.
It 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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Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart.
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It is a very funny thing that the sleepier you are, the longer you take about getting to bed.
If you love deeply, you’re going to get hurt badly. But it’s still worth it.
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We meet no ordinary people in our lives.
The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.
Mental 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.’
What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it.