“place no head above your own”
Attributed to the Buddha, but not likely from the Buddha.
Wisdom
if you're not against it, you're for it
A manipulative fallacy.
statement: everything is being done for a payoff
Request: This is something I often live by and Hawkins has said the same thing.
"well, that's just your opinion, man"
A version of "Yeah? Well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man," from The Big Lebowski. Exhibits a posture that can be helpful in preserving psychic boundaries.
"Everything is perfect. Nothing has to change."
Quoting David R. Hawkins (according to the request).
Quote by Epictetus...
"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best."
"There are no negative feelings"
Priority request: one would have to first recognize them as illusion. Instead, this statement is more used like wishy washy, relativistic pop-psych advice that validates base level rage and grief (or any EC activity) and then permits them to run rampant in the psyche.
"The road to hell is paved with good intentions" (article)
Good intentions do not lead to hell, neither do good motivations. The "tricky" part is good motivation mixed with negative intention, e.g. an initial focus on problem solving yet with the overall objective of gaining power or control.
"don't spoil it with thinking"
As spiritual students, we know thinking is overrated, but how much so?
"Never give up on your dreams"
Request: Typical self help/success advice, often used by celebrities and successful people to encourage others who wish to travel in their footsteps. It is usually taken to be inspiring. However, it is also sometimes seen as cheesy and impractical.
"We don't lose our loved ones, we gain them"
Request: I feel closer to relatives after their death.
"believe in yourself"
Request: It seems belief is illusion and the separate self is as well, yet the statement feels empowering as one transcends what were previously thought to be limitations.
"The less you want, the richer you are"
Priority request: This is a quote attributed to Yanni. It basically just suggests that the issue of lack is created by desire and is an illusion or a projection rather than a reality.
“If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all”
Part of one's spiritual foundation and assuming responsibility for one's words.
"Right is right even if no one is doing it..."
"Wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it" -- St. Augustine.