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"We all, at some point, grow old and acquire other qualities, and these can always be turned to good advantage."
"Don't ask permission to be happy. Don't beg for forgiveness. Just do it."
"I don’t believe in God as you imagine Him to be, but I believe in many things that you could never even dream of."
"Love is beyond time or rather love is both time and space but all focused on one single constantly evolving point-the Aleph."
"There are moments when people are incapable of understanding happiness."
"I made some mistakes, but I wasn’t a coward. I lived my life and did what I had to do."
"A warrior never gives in to fear when he is searching for what he needs. Without love, he is nothing."
"If you go around promising what you do not yet have, you will lose the will to achieve it."
"All religions lead to the same God, and all deserve the same respect."
"Each human being has the right to seek out joy, joy being understood as something which makes one content - not necessarily that which makes others content."
"Each human being has his own sexual profile, and should exercise it without guilt - provided he does not oblige others to exercise it with him."
"Tell your story: yes, tell your story! Give your example. Tell everyone that it's possible, and other people will then have the courage to face their own mountains."
"An enemy always represents a weakness. This might be fear of physical pain, but it could also be a premature sense of victory or the desire to abandon the fight because it is no longer worthwhile."
"The third indication that our dreams are dead is peace."
"Like the children we will never ever cease to be."
"The happier people can be, the unhappier they are."
"They spent days, nights, weeks, and years talking, never accepting the fact that, good or bad, an idea only exists when someone tries to put it into practice."
"You shouldn't have asked," I said. "Love doesn't ask many questions, because if we stop to think we become fearful. It's an inexplicable fear; it's difficult even to describe it. Maybe it's the fear of being scorned, of not being accepted, or of breaking the spell. It's ridiculous, but that's the way it is. That's why you don't ask-you act. As you've said many times, you have to take risks."
"For those that were never wounded by love, they will never be able to say: “I lived”. Because they haven’t."