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What's outside us, and how much power it really holds.

These quotes range from philosophical reflections on how thought shapes our perception of the outside world to a much more personal stance: refusing to blame external circumstances like the economy or taxes for one's own outcomes.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

Nov 07, 2020

We cannot observe external things without some degree of Thought; nor can we reflect upon our Thoughts, without being influenced in the course of our reflection by the Things which we have observed.

Quotes by William Whewell

Happiness
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Nov 07, 2020

The principle we call self-love never seeks anything external for the sake of the thing, but only as a means of happiness or good: particular affections rest in the external things themselves.

Quotes by Joseph Butler

Control
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Nov 07, 2020

I don't blame or complain about things like the economy, the government, taxes, employees, gas prices, or any of the external things that I don't have control over. The only thing I have control over is my response to these things.

Quotes by Jack Canfield

Control
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Nov 07, 2020

Fighting in general, but especially when I was younger, was tough to deal with because there are so many external things going on that want to control you that most people have no clue about.

Quotes by Eddie Alvarez

History
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Nov 07, 2020

To me the ego is the habitual and compulsive thought processes that go through everybody's mind continuously. External things like possessions or memories or failures or successes or achievements. Your personal history.

Quotes by Eckhart Tolle

Another speaker connects this to the discipline of fighting, describing how many external pressures try to control a person before they even realize it. The Being quotes explore a related contrast between the internal and external self.

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