Esther Hicks Quotes

I find that I'm not as worried anymore about what other people think. That's a comfortable place to be. And I'm starting to let go of the feeling that I need to push myself to do things I don't want to do - an impulse that has always been linked to the feeling that I'm not enough.

Fear clogs; faith liberates.

You can't worry what people think.

When we love and respect people, revealing to them their value, they can begin to come out from behind the walls that protect them.

Maybe certain aspects of what I was doing were reacting against what was happening or what people said, too. That's something that happens when you're starting out. After some time goes by and you get a little perspective, you realize that you don't need to react. You can just carry on with what you're doing. That took me a long time figure out; I've only gotten to that point in the last five or 10 years.

Forgiving yourself may be for many people, at least for myself, extremely difficult. And then in a larger context, I will say that I'm constantly astonished by those who pray daily, "Forgive me my sins as I forgive those who sin against me," and beat very loudly the war drum.

The nice thing about age is worrying less and less about what people think.

There never was a war that was not inward; I must fight till I have conquered in myself what causes war.

Many people see themselves as a problem that needs to be solved. They also habitually see the present moment as an obstacle that they need to overcome or get away from. With awareness, an inner sense of spaciousness arises that enables you to look at your own mind, which is to say the human mind, with a certain degree of detachment.

As we free ourselves from the suffering of 'something is wrong with me, 'we trust and express the fullness of who we are.'

I just have to be myself, and not worry about everyone looking at me and watching.

The same people that are with me for not going to Vietnam because I saved them and their children.The same people will give me hell if I turn to them and say, 'let's free my people now'.They're with me on one part of my beliefs about the war, that's all. Not for my freedom.

The real destroyer of inner peace is fear and distrust. Fear develops frustration, frustration develops anger, anger develops violence.

One of the most effective ways to overcome anxiety is to try to shift the focus of attention away from self and toward others.

We often see people every day searching in the wrong places for the things they desire. Too many of our fellow humans try to find peace and happiness in drugs, alcohol, and sensual excitement. And it doesn't work. If we desire peace, the first place to look is within ourselves. Peace isn't an external condition as much as an internal context.

When I forgive other people, I let them go, I free them from my ignorance. And as soon as I do, I feel lighter, brighter and better.

The best way of leading people is to let them find their own way.

All experience is an enrichment rather than an impoverishment.

When we show people that something is possible that they didn't think was possible it does more than just change things. It changes the way people think about the possibility of things changing. It helps them see that life is not the same day-after day, unsurprising, unending drudgery that so much of life teaches them that it is. And that is a huge contribution to their humanity.

Focus on the moment, not the monsters that may or may not be up ahead.

What a friend we have in a tree, the tree is the symbol of hope, self improvement and what people can do for themselves.

I made all my mistakes playing with people.

I like getting older and being the person who people ask for help.

To other women the choice of clothes was a form of ingenious exhibition, a shameless seduction. To me, dresses were like a breastplate that I put on to set off to war against this life.

I won't work with people who won't give me the freedom to be me.