Going Within Quotes

“I found that no matter what unpleasantness I found myself involved with, if I stopped and asked myself, “Why have I created this? What am I learning from this?” the circumstance became not a tragedy but an enlightening experience.”
― Shirley MacLaine, Going Within: A Guide for Inner Transformation

“New Age thinking asks that each person take responsibility for everything that happens in life because everything in life is connected.”
― Shirley MacLaine, Going Within: A Guide for Inner Transformation

“People’s actions are always determined by the way they see themselves in the world.”
― Shirley MacLaine, Going Within: A Guide for Inner Transformation

“Desiring to be free within oneself is a serious step to take because with it comes complete responsibility for everything we do. Meditation is not an escape or an indulgence. It is an act of inner responsibility. It takes discipline, hard work, time, effort, and patience with self—which I personally find is the hardest patience to sustain.”
― Shirley MacLaine, Going Within: A Guide for Inner Transformation

“social appropriateness” had deterred his growth and blunted his courage. I wasn’t going to let that happen to me. I wanted to be myself regardless of what anybody thought.”
― Shirley MacLaine, Going Within: A Guide for Inner Transformation

“each one of us has the responsibility to create the world in which we choose to live.”
― Shirley MacLaine, Going Within: A Guide for Inner Transformation

“Every single day is a lesson in the old adage that the transformation of the world we see begins with the transformation of how we see ourselves. Everything begins at home and the choices we make within the Self. I used to hear these words and privately feel that this was simple “selfishness” or even dangerously self-centered fantasy. No longer. To me, this concept has become a giant truth. “Know thyself”—and everything else follows.”
― Shirley MacLaine, Going Within: A Guide for Inner Transformation

“Technology has become the way Western man perceives progress. But technology itself is a reflection of how we see ourselves. If the negativity is in us, it will appear somewhere in our technology.”
― Shirley MacLaine, Going Within: A Guide for Inner Transformation