"You will not find the treasure of your Personal Legend unless you want to live that Legend."
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"How does light enter a person? Through the open door of love."
"Feelings form part of a world in which time, space and frontiers do not exist."
"The search for something can prove as interesting as finding it."
"There is no such thing as a strange world, only a new world."
"Never cease doubting. When the doubts stop it is because you have stopped journeying."
"In our obsessive wish to arrive, we often forget the most important thing, which is the journey."
"People always arrive promptly at the places where they are expected."
"God, in his infinite wisdom, hid Hell in he middle of Paradise, to keep us on our toes."
"Our human condition makes us tend to share only the best of ourselves, because we are always searching for love and approval"
"Do you know what gives a woman most pleasure within marriage? 'Sex'? ..No, making food. Watching her man eat"
"We all harbour a great sadness in our soul"
"He who loves has conquered the world and has no fear of losing anything. True love is an act of total surrender."
"Love does not ask many questions, because with thinking comes fear. This might be the fear of being scorned, of being rejected, or of breaking the spell. However ridiculous this may seem, that is how it is. This is why one does not ask, one acts."
"It is hereby decreed that the wall separating the sacred and the profane be toen down. From now on everything is sacred."
"When seen up close, dangers are controllable: when you begin to climb the mountain of your dreams, pay attention to the surroundings. There are cliffs, of course. There are almost imperceptible cracks in the mountain rock. There are stones so polished by storms that they have become as slippery as ice. But if you know where you are placing each footstep, you will notice the traps and how to get around them."
"It's natural to be afraid of replacing everything you already gained by a dream."
"There's a lot of me in it. But the character is more egotistical. I'm also egotistical, but not the way the character is. This guy is successful, he has everything, but his wife has left him. The most important value - love - is missing. What is wrong with this institution called 'marriage'? What is wrong with this institution called 'the pursuit of happiness'?"
"It is not difficult to rebuild a life. All we need is to be aware that we have the same strength we had before, and to use it in our favor."
"The search for happiness is more important than the need for pain."