"Evil had to manifest itself and fulfill its role, so that ultimately Good could prevail. [...] Evil needs to manifest itself, for them to understand the value of Good."
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"There are moments in life when we need to trust blindly in intuition"
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"We need to create a new revolution, and to do that, don’t waste your life: stop pleasing people, and become who you always wanted to be."
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"You need to wake up if you want to dream."
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"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."
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"Anyone who loves needs to know both how to lose himself and how to find himself."
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"Love doesn't need to be discussed; it has its own voice and speaks for itself."
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"Somewhere you are holding the person I love," the boy said. "So, when I look out over your sands, I am also looking at her. I want to return to her, and I need your help so that I can turn myself into the wind."
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"If you never take a risk, you will never know what changes you need to make."
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"You have always fought against your dreams, and 'I want' has never even shown its face. It was always drowned out by 'I must' or 'I hope' or 'I need...'"
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"Love doesn't need to be understood, it needs to be demonstrated"
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"The first spiritual quality we need to have is not faith; it is courage."
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"You need to change yourself. The moment that you change yourself it is a gigantic step. And this is what I do. The book is much more important than the writer."
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"I write because I need to share my thoughts with the audience."
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"Things are as bad and as good as they seem. There's no need to add anything extra."
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"If you see a homeless person on the street, and they need food, housing, medical attention - if you can give that, do it. But at the same time, work with tonglen, because that is how you start dissolving the barrier between you and them."
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"Every small problem most likely stems from the same root as large problems, and so there is no need to always go deep. One can use anything for the therapeutic process and/if this link is made."
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"Tonglen is a way for you to be with people who need you - beginning with yourself."
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"God is a hypothesis, and, as such, stands in need of proof; the onus probandi rests on the theist."
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"We live in a world that needs entertainment. And that entertainment has to be provided by men who sweat and bleed."
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