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1 " When individuals and communities do not govern self, they risk being ruled by external forces that care less about the well-being of the village. "
― T.F. Hodge , From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph Over Death and Conscious Encounters with "The Divine Presence"
2 " Man is not suffering by external forces as much as his own dysfunctional mind and self inflicted negative stimulus. "
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3 " If one abuses or neglects internal powers, external forces will act accordingly. "
4 " The great point in Christianity is the search for an independent content for spiritual life which, according to the insights of its founder, could be elevated, not by the forces of a world external to the soul of man, but by the revelation of a new world within his soul. Islam fully agrees with this insight and supplements it by the further insight that the illumination of the new world thus revealed is not something foreign to the world of matter but permeates it through and through. Thus the affirmation of spirit sought by Christianity would come not by the renunciation of external forces which are already permeated by the illumination of spirit, but by a proper adjustment of man's relation to these forces in view of the light received from the world within. "
― Muhammad Iqbal , The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam
5 " There are two big forces at work external and internal. We have very little control over external forces such as tornadoes earthquakes floods disasters illness and pain. What really matters is the internal force. How do I respond to those disasters? Over that I have complete control. "
