"We can sell our time, but we can't buy it back."
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"It is not time that changes man nor knowledge the only thing that can change someone's mind is love."
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"Sometimes love blinds us, other times it let's us see."
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"Anyone who is observant, who discovers the person they have always dreamed of, knows that sexual energy comes into play before sex even takes place. The greatest pleasure isn't sex, but the passion with which it is practiced. When the passion is intense, then sex joins in to complete the dance, but it is never the principal aim."
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"Omens are a language, it's the alphabet we develop to speak to the world's soul, or the universe's, or God's, whatever name you want to give it. Like an alphabet, it is individual, you only learn it by making mistakes, and that keeps you from globalizing the spiritual quest."
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"Christ surrounded himself with beggars, prostitutes, tax-collectors and fishermen. ... what he meant by this was that the divine spark is in every soul and is never extinguished."
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"When things start to happen, and the path does reveal itself to us, we become afraid of carrying on"
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"Even if it is only for a matter of moments, because those moments bring with them a Love so intense that it justifies the rest of our days."
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"When every day seems the same, it is because we have stopped noticing the good things that appear in our lives."
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"You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one."
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"The warrior of the light has a destiny to fulfill."
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"A warrior balances solitude and dependence."
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"True love is an act of total surrender."
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"Facing the difficulties, I can choose either to be a poor victim or a great adventurer."
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"Love is a complicated path, and that path can lead us up to heaven or hurl us down into hell."
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"The magic moment is the moment when a 'yes' or a 'no' can change our whole existence."
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"Certainly. But take this into consideration: of every ten problems we have, nine are created by our own selves - through guilt, self-punishment, self-pity. However, from time to time a great obstacle appears in our path, which was put there by God, and which is there for a reason. The reason is: to give us the opportunity to change everything, to move forwards."
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"Judging yourself to be full of virtue paralyses. Judging yourself to be full of guilt also paralyses."
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"Even If you're doing the same thing over & over, U need to discover something new, fantastic & unbelievable that went unnoticed the time before."
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"There are neither winners nor losers; there are only stages that must be gone through. When the human heart understands this, it is free and able to accept difficult times without being deceived by moments of glory"
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