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I understand that suffering, when it cannot be avoided, is here to help me on my way to my dreams
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Success does not come from having one's work recognized by others. It is the fruit of the seed that you lovingly planted.
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We can't choose our lives, but we can DECIDE what to do with the joys or griefs we're given.
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Our souls are prisoners of the terror of death, and the day is beautiful.
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Ever since your goal found out that you were traveling toward it, it has been running to meet you
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If we resist the temptation to allow other people to define who we are, then we will gradually be able to let the sun inside our own soul shine forth.
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He learned the most important part of the language that all the world spoke-the language that everyone on earth was capable of understanding in their heart. It was love.
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The Virgin (and I'm not speaking here of a sexual virgin) is the one whose search springs from her complete independence, and everything she learns is the fruit of her ability to face challenges alone.
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Faith shows us that we are never alone. Transformation helps us to love the mystery.
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I understand that everything is connected, that all roads meet, and that all rivers flow into the same sea.
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We all, at some point, grow old and acquire other qualities, and these can always be turned to good advantage.
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Finally, the Witch justifies her existence by going in search of complete and limitless pleasure.
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There is no better time than the autumn to begin forgetting the things that trouble us, allowing them to fall away like dried leaves. There is no better time to dance again, to make the most of every crumb of sunlight and warm body and soul with its rays before it falls asleep and becomes only a dim light bulb in the skies.
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They were strange books. They spoke about mercury, salt, dragons, and kings, and he didn't understand any of it.
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The Saint finds her true reason for living in unconditional love and in her ability to give without asking anything in return.
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We women, when we're searching for a meaning to our lives or for the path of knowledge, always identify with one of four classic archetypes.
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Everyone's looking for the perfect teacher, but although their teachings might be divine, teachers are all too human, and that's something people find hard to accept. Don't confuse the teacher with the lesson, the ritual with the ecstasy, the transmitter of the symbol with the symbol itself.
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Because there is a force that wants you to realize your Personal Legend; it whets your appetite with a taste of success
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Going after a dream has a price. It may mean abandoning our habits, it may make us go through hardships, or it may lead us to disappointment, et cetera. But however costly it may be, it is never as high as the price paid by people who didn't live. Because one day they will look back and hear their own heart say: 'I wasted my life.'
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Courage is the quality most essential to understanding the language of the world.
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When faced with a loss, it is no use trying to recover what has gone. On the other hand, a great space has been opened up in your life - there it lies, empty, waiting to be filled with something new. At the moment of one's loss, contradictory as this might seem, one is being given a large slice of freedom.
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Because time isn't something that always proceeds at the same pace. It is we who determine how quickly time passes.
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Ultimately, America's answer to the intolerant man is diversity, the very diversity which our heritage of religious freedom has inspired.
Robert F. Kennedy
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Born:
August 24, 1947
(age 76)
Bio:
Paulo Coelho de Souza is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist. He is the recipient of numerous international awards, amongst them the Crystal Award by the World Economic Forum.
Known for:
The Alchemist (1988)
Eleven Minutes (2003)
Brida (1990)
Adultery (2014)
Veronika Decides to Die (1998)
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