Great Throughts Treasury
This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Ken Keyes, Jr.
American Author and Lecturer on Personal Growth
"A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world: everyone you meet is your mirror."
"Everything is a gift of the universe -- even joy, anger, jealously, frustration, or separateness. Everything is perfect either for our growth or our enjoyment."
"To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have."
"To see your drama clearly is to be liberated from it."
"As we grow in higher consciousness, we discover that it is more important to be the right person then to find the right person."
"The past is dead, the future is imaginary, happiness can only be in the eternal now moment."
"It is beautiful to acquire knowledge, but it is misleading to expect it to bring us peace, love and happiness."
"I have everything I need to enjoy my here and now -- unless I am letting my consciousness be dominated by demands and expectations based on the dead past or the imagined future."
"Everyone and everything around you is your teacher."
"No one that ever lived has ever had enough power, prestige, or knowledge to overcome the basic condition of all life -- you win some and you lose some."