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". . . hell is wanting to be somewhere different from where you are. Being one place and wanting to be somewhere else . . . . Wanting life to be different from what it is. That's also called leaving without leaving. Dying before you die. It's as if there is a part of you that so rails against being shattered by love that you shatter yourself first."
"The length of the journey has to be borne with, for every moment is necessary."
"The future remains uncertain and so it should, for it is the canvas upon which we paint our desires. Thus always the human condition faces a beautifully empty canvas. We possess only this moment in which to dedicate ourselves continuously to the sacred presence which we share and create."
"Things are always different from what they might be."
"Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.' Say not, ' I have found the path of the soul.' Say rather, 'I have met the soul walking upon my path.' For the soul walks upon all paths. The soul walks not upon a line, neither does it grow like a reed. The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals."
"Just this whole journey [of life] has been a blessing from God, so for me to be here [on Earth] I'm just taking it one day at a time and really enjoying it."
"Often one is more attached to the journey than to the discovery... because the journey happens in the mind... the discovery happens in the heart."
"Everybody has a different journey."
"Sometimes, you've got to be in a place. You're just another guy. You can just blend in. I live out in the wilds of nowhere, out in Jersey. Even there, there's sometimes problems. College students like journey out there and show up at 11 o'clock at night, on my porch, looking into the door not saying anything. My wife and I are sitting there; it's really creepy."
"Our journey had advanced; Our feet were almost come To that odd fork in Being's road, Eternity by term."
"At the midpoint on the journey of life, I found myself in a dark forest, for the clear path was lost."
"Travel teaches toleration."
"It's hard enough to change ourselves. We can't expect other people to change so that we feel better. We have to take the journey ourselves."
"The most thrilling thing about heaven is that Jesus Christ will be there. I will see Him face to face. Jesus Christ will meet us at the end of life's journey."
"Our nature lies in movement; complete calm is death."
"Excellence is not a destination; it is a continuous journey that never ends."
"The journey makes things valuable not the title. Learn to enjoy and value the process of what God is doing."
"Everything what's inspiring has been created by one who could work in freedom"
"When one walks, one is brought into touch first of all with the essential relations between one's physical powers and the character of the country; one is compelled to see it as its natives do. Then every man one meets is an individual."
"Through crowdfunding anyone can find companies and products.Forming a partnership with innovative British businesses was appealing and the opportunity to go on a journey with these companies as they grow, and hopefully share in their future success, is exciting."
