"No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn't know it."
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"Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart."
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"You have to own your mistakes, otherwise your mistakes own you"
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"because it seemed too simple to accept that life was an act of faith."
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"God has a prepared path for us to follow. We just have to read the omens he has left for us."
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"A Warrior is always vigilant."
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"True love, is the love that seduces and will never allow itself to be seduced."
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"She Knows three things: (a) that men are less treacherous than women; (b) that they never notice what a woman is wearing because they're always mentally undressing her, (c) that as long as you've got breasts,thighs,buttocks and belly in good trim, you can conquer the world."
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"In a few more days I'd anticipated telling Veronika that our injections had cured her heart condition. But in light of her unscheduled departure form Villette my telling that particular lie will not be required. The majority of people who attempt suicide repeat that attempt until they succeed. I took a risk in lying to her about her condition, i decided to test the only remedy i have come to have any faith in: awareness of life. Until she finds out from some other doctor that she is perfectly healthy. She'll consider each day a miracle. Which in my view it is."
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"We don't always choose the best solution but we carry on regardless, trying to remain upright and decent in order to do honor not to the walls or the doors or the windows but to the empty space inside, the space where we worship and venerate what is dearest and most important to us."
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"Love is a disease no one wants to get rid of. Those who catch it never try to get better, and those who suffer do not wish to be cured."
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"There is an afterlife. I am convinced of this."
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"Don't think about what you've left behind. If what one finds is made of pure matter, it will never spoil. And one can always come back. If what you had found was only a moment of light, like the explosion of a star, you would find nothing on your return."
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"I've crossed these sands many times," said one of the camel drivers one night. "But the desert is so huge, and the horizons so distant, that they make a person feel small, and as if he should remain silent." The boy understood intuitively what he meant, even without ever having set foot in the desert before. Whenever he saw the sea, or a fire, he fell silent, impressed by their elemental force."
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"You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it's better to listen to what it has to say."
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"Change. But start slowly, because direction is more important than speed"
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"I think you can have 10,000 explanations for failure, but no good explanation for success."
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"The three classic ways in which the Devil tempts us are with a threat, a promise or a seduction."
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"O God, when I listen to the voices of animals, the sounds of trees, the murmurings of water, the singing of birds, the whistling of the wind, or the boom of thunder, I see in them evidence of Your unity; I feel that You are supreme power, omniscience, supreme knowledge, and supreme justice. I recognize You, O God, in the trials I am going through. May Your pleasure be my pleasure, too. May I be Your joy, the joy that a Father feels for a son. And may I think of You calmly and with determination, even when I find it hard to say I love You."
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"Tough times test your valor, persistence and ability to make decisions. They force you to fight for your dreams."
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