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The only way we can ever get through to the truth is by finding out what we are not. We do that by looking, by observation.

— Barry Long Knowing Yourself: The True in the False (1996)

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It is the conscious man or woman who finds the secret of happiness and contentment; and that, surely, is the ultimate success.

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No man can teach another self-knowledge. He can only lead him or her up to self-discovery - the source of truth.

The love of man and woman is the beginning of the love of God.

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Love is all around you like the air and is the very breath of your being.

Knowing Yourself: The True in the False (1996)

Truth cannot be taught but it is quickly recognized by the person ready to discover it.

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