Don Richard Riso famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

If we observe ourselves truthfully and non-judgmentally, seeing the mechanisms of our personality in action, we can wake up, and our lives can be a miraculous unfolding of beauty and joy.
-- Don Richard Riso

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One of the great dangers of transformational work is that the ego attempts to sidestep deep psychological work by leaping into the transcendent too soon. This is because the ego always fancies itself much more 'advanced' than it actually is.
-- Don Richard Riso

#Ego #Fancy #Psychological
In fact, life is our greatest teacher. Whatever we are doing can be instructive, whether we are at the office, or talking to our spouse, or driving a car on the freeway. If we are present to our experiences, the impressions of our activities will be fresh and alive, and we will always learn something new from them. But if we are not present, every moment will be like every other, and nothing of the preciousness of life will touch us.
-- Don Richard Riso

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The testimony of the greatest humans who have ever lived is that the way to make the most of ourselves is by transcending ourselves. We must learn to move beyond self-centeredness to make room within ourselves for others. When you transcend yourself, the fact will be confirmed by the quality of your life. We will attain - even if only momentarily - a transparency and a radiance of being which results from living both within and beyond yourself. This is the promise and the excitement of self-understanding.
-- Don Richard Riso

#Moving #Self #Understanding

The inspired moment may sometimes be described as a kind of hallucinatory state of mind: one half of the personality emotes and dictates while the other half listens and notates. The half that listens has better look the other way, had better simulate a half attention only, for the half that dictates is easily disgruntled and avenges itself for too close inspection by fading entirely away.
I think George W. Bush has a warm, engaging personality. But, you know, the presidency is more than just a popularity contest.
The largest part of what we call 'personality' is determined by how we've opted to defend ourselves against anxiety and sadness".
The mortal sickness of a mind too unhappy to be kind.
Joy and growth come from following our deepest impulses, however foolish they may seem to some, or dangerous, and even though the apparent outcome may be defeat.
Every morning I wake up and thank God.
I feel like in L.A., you wake up, you put your diamond studs on, put your workout gear, your cute shades, and it is kind of the outfit you stay in the entire day.
You know whatâ€™s really cool? Wake up every morning, decide what you feel like doing, and do it.
I'm going to wake up tomorrow and start with not caring how I feel.
I can't wake up at all without caffeine.

Don Richard Riso famous quotes

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