"A warrior cannot lower his head - otherwise he loses sight of the horizon of his dreams."
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"I don't regret the painful times; I bare my scars as if they were medals."
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"Well, by accepting that sex is a physical manifestation of God, and that is not a sin-it is a blessing."
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"What really matters in a pencil is not its wooden exterior, but the graphite inside. So always pay attention to what is happening inside you."
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"JOY goes against the foundations of mathematics: it multiplies when we divide."
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"A warrior accepts defeat. He does not treat it as a matter of indifference, nor does he attempt to transform it into a victory. The pain of defeat is bitter to him; he suffers at indifference and becomes desperate with loneliness. After all this has passed, he licks his wounds and begins everything anew. A warrior knows that war is made of many battles: he goes on"
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"We still did not answer the questions that are important to us"
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"All men are different. And should do everything possible to continue to be so."
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"The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times."
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"Before a dream is realized, the Soul of the World tests everything that was learned along the way. It does this not because it is evil, but so that we can, in addition to realizing our dreams, master the lessons we’ve learned as we’ve moved toward that dream. That’s the point at which most people give up. It’s the point at which, as we say in the language of the desert, one 'dies of thirst just when the palm trees have appeared on the horizon."
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"Having the courage to take the steps we always wanted to take is the only way of showing that we trust in God."
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"Loving means being open to miracles, to victories and defeats, to everything that happens each day that was given us to walk upon the face of the Earth."
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"Why do so many people chose to spend their whole life destroying paths they didn't even want to follow, instead of following the one path that would lead them somewhere."
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"Forget everything you've ever learned about the stars and they'll once more be transformed into angels, or into children, or into whatever you want to believe at that moment. It won't make you more stupid - after all, it's only a game - but it could enrich your life."
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"No one owns anything. Anyone who has lost something they thought was theirs forever finally comes to realize that nothing really belongs to them. And if nothing belongs to me, then there's no point wasting my time looking after things that aren't mine."
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"We are all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love. Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity. I've fallen in love many times... always with you. What I need to live has been given to me by the earth. Why I need to live has been given to me by you. Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning."
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"Nothing lasts forever ... pain and troubles included."
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"Everyone knows how to love,because we are all born with that gift.Some people have a natural talent for it but the majority of us have to re-learn,to remember how to love,and everyone,without exception,needs o burn on the bonfire of past emotions,to relieve certain joys and griefs,certain ups and downs,until they can see the connecting thread that exists behind each new encounter;because there is a connecting thread."
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"We must never stop dreaming. Dreams provide nourishment for the soul, just as a meal does for the body. Many times in our lives we see our dreams shattered and our desires frustrated, but we have to continue dreaming. If we don't, our soul dies, and agape cannot reach it."
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"The taste of things recovered is the sweetest honey we will ever know."
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