A Quote by Sakyong Mipham

The self-assured strength that grows from knowing that we already have what we need makes us gentle, because we are no longer desperate.

Sakyong Mipham

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Sakyong Mipham
Born: 1962

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Swami Vivekananda

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Joyce Meyer

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Steven Levenkron

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Blaise Pascal

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Mahatma Gandhi

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Jerry Bridges

Men strive for peace, but it is their enemies that give them strength, and I think if man no longer had enemies, he would have to invent them, for his strength only grows from struggle.