“Man keeps looking for a truth to fit his reality. Given our reality, the truth doesn't fit.”
[Adelaide Bry, 1976, est, 60 Hours that Transform Your Life, New York, Avon, 17]
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Werner Erhard: Citations en anglais
“Love for a person is acceptance of him or her the way he is and the way he is not.”
Interview with William Warren Bartley, cited in — [Bartley, William Warren, w:William Warren Bartley, Werner Erhard: the Transformation of a Man: the Founding of est, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1978, New York, 251, 0-517-53502-5]
Interview with William Warren Bartley, cited in — [Bartley, William Warren, w:William Warren Bartley, Werner Erhard: the Transformation of a Man: the Founding of est, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1978, New York, 252, 0-517-53502-5]
“Happiness is a function of accepting what is.”
[Alan Aldridge, 2007, Religion in the Contemporary World: A Sociological Introduction, Cambridge, England, Polity, 53, 0745634044]
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“How do I know I'm not the reincarnation of Jesus Christ?”
[175, Larson's Book of World Religions and Alternative Spirituality, Bob Larson, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 2004, 084236417X]
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Source: The Graduate Review (1980)
“At all times and under all circumstances, we have the power to transform the quality of our lives.”
Interview with William Warren Bartley, cited in — [Bartley, William Warren, w:William Warren Bartley, Werner Erhard: the Transformation of a Man: the Founding of est, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1978, New York, 247, 0-517-53502-5]
Variante: You and I possess within ourselves, at every moment of our lives and under all circumstances, the power to transform the quality of our lives.
“Something experienced is true; the same thing believed is a lie.”
[39, Psychobabble: The Failure of Modern Psychology - and the Biblical Alternative, Richard L. Ganz, 1993, Crossway Books, 0891077340]
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[James R. Lewis, 2001, w:James R. Lewis, Odd Gods: New Religions and the Cult Controversy, Amherst, New York, Prometheus Books, 382-387, 1573928429]
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Interview with The Financial Times — [Lucy Kellaway, w:Lucy Kellaway, Lunch with the FT: Werner Erhard, The Financial Times, April 28, 2012, http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/feb214a8-8f88-11e1-98b1-00144feab49a.html#axzz1v4NTTdmJ]
[Ruth Tucker, 2004, Another Gospel: Cults, Alternative Religions, and the New Age Movement, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Zondervan, 367, 0310259371]
[Larry Chang, Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing, 527, Gnosophia Publishers, April 28, 2006, 0977339106]
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Variante: What isn't, isn't. You can't put it together... what you have to do is experience it being together.
[Ruth Tucker, 2004, Another Gospel: Cults, Alternative Religions, and the New Age Movement, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Zondervan, 369, 0310259371]
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Interview with William Warren Bartley, cited in — [Bartley, William Warren, w:William Warren Bartley, Werner Erhard: the Transformation of a Man: the Founding of est, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1978, New York, 157, 0-517-53502-5]
Interview with USA Today, "Mankind Must Find a New Self Awareness", Dan Neuharth and Miles White, December 14, 1982
[Peter Haldeman, w:Peter Haldeman, The Return of Werner Erhard, Father of Self-Help, The New York Times, November 28, 2015, http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/29/fashion/the-return-of-werner-erhard-father-of-self-help.html?ref=fashion&_r=0]
Source: Article, "Breaking Out of the Box -A Crash Course in Paradigm Thinking" Debra Feinstein, BENCHMARK Magazine, FALL 1989 p.3
“The greatest philosopher of the twentieth century.”
Werner Erhard on L. Ron Hubbard — quoted in [L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah or Madman?, 1987, Bent Corydon and Ronald DeWolf, 15, 0818404442]
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“Here is where it is. Now is when it is. You are what it is.”
[Adelaide Bry, 1976, est, 60 Hours that Transform Your Life, New York, Avon, 216]
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“You are god in your own universe. There is no god unless it is self.”
[39, Psychobabble: The Failure of Modern Psychology - and the Biblical Alternative, Richard L. Ganz, 1993, Crossway Books, 0891077340]
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Source: The End of Starvation : Creating an Idea Whose Time Has Come, Werner Erhard, 1977, 3 http://www.wernererhard.net/thpsource.html, <br class="br">Source: Also published in — The end of starvation: creating an idea whose time has come, 3, 1982, Werner Erhard http://books.google.com/books?id=4o4wAAAAMAAJ&q=%22be+of+genuine+consequence+in+the+world%22&dq=%22be+of+genuine+consequence+in+the+world%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=rpyFUvTMB6_MsQT0sYCwDQ&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAQ, <br class="br">Source: Also quoted in — [The Answer : What do you mean I have to figure it out for myself?, 2001, Quila H. Creig] and — [The Spartan Life 2, Scott Westerman, 2012]
“You are part of every atom in the world, and every atom is part of you.”
[176, Larson's Book of World Religions and Alternative Spirituality, Bob Larson, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 2004, 084236417X]
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[Peter Haldeman, w:Peter Haldeman, The Return of Werner Erhard, Father of Self-Help, The New York Times, November 28, 2015, http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/29/fashion/the-return-of-werner-erhard-father-of-self-help.html?ref=fashion&_r=0]
“Obviously the truth is what's so. Not so obviously, it is also so what.”
Quoted by Bernard Roth as the lead in to Chapter 2 "Reasons Are Bullshit", in his book, "The Achievement Habit".
Source: "The Achievement Habit" by Bernard Roth, Publisher - Harper Collins, pg. 39, ISBN: 978-0-06-235610-9
“You can either have reasons or results.”
[Jinny Ditzler, 2012: Your Best Year Yet -- Sticking With Your Plan, The Huffington Post, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jinny-ditzler/new-years-resolutions_b_1269534.html, February 14, 2012]
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“Miracles occur in direct proportion to our willingness to have them.”
[Jerry Jerome, Instant Inspiration: Using Quotes to Guide You to Your Goals, Instant Wisdom Publishing, February 1, 2003, 35, 097261690X]
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Interview with William Warren Bartley, cited in [Bartley, William Warren, w:William Warren Bartley, Werner Erhard: the Transformation of a Man: the Founding of est, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1978, New York, 302, 0-517-53502-5]
Quote from 1977, re: The Hunger Project
[178, Larson's Book of World Religions and Alternative Spirituality, Bob Larson, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 2004, 084236417X]
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[Lynne Twist, 2003, The Soul of Money: Transforming your Relationship with Money and Life, New York, New York, W.W. Norton., 252, 039305097]
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“Mastering life is the process of moving from where you are to where you want to be.”
[Jerry Jerome, Instant Inspiration: Using Quotes to Guide You to Your Goals, Instant Wisdom Publishing, February 1, 2003, 62, 097261690X]
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