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"I look at my annual budgets for everything and anything, and I look to see where I can save the most money on those items. Saving 30% to 50% buying in bulk - replenishable items from toothpaste to soup, or whatever I use a lot of - is the best guaranteed return on investment you can get anywhere."
"You can be the lead in your own life."
"I suspect the truth is that we are waiting, all of us, against insurmountable odds, for something extraordinary to happen to us."
"Money is like love; it kills slowly and painfully the one who withholds it, and enlivens the other who turns it on his fellow man."
"If you're not stubborn, you'll give up on experiments too soon. And if you're not flexible, you'll pound your head against the wall and you won't see a different solution to a problem you're trying to solve."
"Most of my characters are romantic rather than sexual. I think that's an essential difference in my pictures. I think they are more accurate in portraying young people as romantic - as wanting a relationship, an understanding with a member of the opposite sex more than just physical sex."
"Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal."
"It is sad but true that sometimes we need the tragedy to help us to see how human we are and how we are more alike than we are different."
"Speaking is half his that speaks, and half his that hears."
"It takes two flints to make a fire."
"There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into sun"
"Appreciation is the legal tender that all souls enjoy."
"Do not stop trying just because perfection eludes you."
"Spirituality is not some external goal that one must seek, but a part of the divine core of each of us, which we must reveal."
"Confidence, clarity and compassion are essential qualities of a teacher."
"Sustainable development and climate change are two sides of the same coin"
"My second piece of advice is to stay global. As the world continues to change and we become more connected to each other, globalization will bring both benefits and disruptions to our lives. But either way, it's here, and it's not going away."
"Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness."
"WE ALREADY HAVE everything we need. There is no need for self-improvement. All these trips that we lay on ourselves—the heavy-duty fearing that we’re bad and hoping that we’re good, the identities that we so dearly cling to, the rage, the jealousy and the addictions of all kinds—never touch our basic wealth. They are like clouds that temporarily block the sun. But all the time our warmth and brilliance are right here. This is who we really are. We are one blink of an eye away from being fully awake."
"Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws."
