"The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them."
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"We don't need to explain our love. We only need to show it."
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"The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what we encounter."
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"Useful men, who do useful things, don't mind being treated as useless. But the useless always judge themselves as being important and hide all their incompetence behind authority."
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"A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires."
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"When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream."
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"What is a teacher? I'll tell you: it isn't someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows."
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"But how will I know who my Soulmate is?” Brida felt that this was one of the most important questions she had ever asked in her life. By taking risks’ she said to Brida. ‘ By risking failure, disappointment, disillusion, but never ceasing in you search for Love. As long as you keep looking, you will triumph in the end."
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"Each morning brings a hidden blessing; a blessing which is unique to that day, and which cannot be kept or re-used. If we do not use this miracle today, it will be lost."
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"However good we are, however correctly we seek to lead our lives, tragedies do occur. We can blame others, look for justification, imagine how our lives would have been different without them. But none of that matters: they have happened, and that is that. From this point on, it is necessary that we review our own lives, overcome fear, and begin the process of reconstruction."
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"Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act."
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"Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear."
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"If I had to give you one piece of advice it would be this: don't be intimidated by other people's opinions."
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"Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me."
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"Remember the saying, What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger? It's true!"
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"When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way."
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"Many times the wrong train took me to the right place."
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"I have inside me the winds, the deserts, the oceans, the stars, and everything created in the universe. We were all made by the same hand, and we have the same soul."
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"Love is an untamed force. When we try to control it, it destroys us. When we try to imprison it, it enslaves us. When we try to understand it, it leaves us feeling lost and confused."
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"close some doors today. not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because they lead you nowhere"
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