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"If good things are coming, they will be a pleasant surprise," said the seer. "If bad things are, and you know in advance, you will suffer greatly before they even occur."
"A man's dignity isn't measured by the people he has around him when he's at the peak of his success, but by his ability not to forget those who helped him when his need was greatest."
"I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we’re living now."
"Ever since time began, people have recognized their true Love by the light in their eyes."
"It's a good idea always to do something relaxing prior to making an important decision in your life."
"Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day."
"But if you've ever felt love, you'll know how painful it is to suffer for love."
"Love simply is. That is the testament of Athena or Sherine or Hagia Sofia - love is. No definitions. Love and don't ask too many questions. Just love."
"Stop being who you were and become who you are."
"Man needs what's worst in him in order to achieve what's best in him."
"From the moment we are born, people tell us that the world is like this and like that, this way, that way. It is natural that - for a certain period of time - we end up believing what we are told. But we must soon push these ideas aside and discover our own way of living reality."
"A Warrior of the Light shares with others what he knows of the path."
"And because of our selfishness, we will be condemned to the worst torture humankind ever invented for itself: loneliness."
"He seemed to be talking about my fears, my insecurity, and my unwillingness to see what was wonderful because tomorrow it might disappear and I might suffer. The gods throw the dice, and they don't ask whether we want to be in the game or not."
"Don’t bother trying to explain your emotions. Live everything as intensely as you can and keep whatever you felt as a gift from God. The best way to destroy the bridge between the visible and invisible is by trying to explain your emotions."
"Your decision to walk creates the path ahead"
"We will always meet rivals in everything we do, but the most dangerous are those we believe to be our friends."
"Use fear as an engine, not as a brake."
"Do not ask yourself if your love is big enough, because love is neither big nor small, it is simply love."
"Go for the impossible. I always tried to find my own limits. So far I did not find them, so my universe is in constant expansion."