"Lovers need to know how to lose themselves and then how to find themselves again."
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"In the beginning there was only a small amount of injustice abroad in the world, but everyone who came afterwards added their portion, always thinking it was very small and unimportant, and look where we have ended up today."
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"When we set out on the path, we always have a fairly clear idea of what we hope to find. Women are generally seeking their Soul Mate, and men looking for Power. Neither party is really interested in learning. They simply want to reach the thing they have set as their goal."
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"Playing the part of a charitable soul was only for those who were afraid of taking a stand in life. It is always far easier to have faith in your own goodness than to confront others and fight for your rights. It is always easier to hear an insult and not retaliate than have the courage to fight back against someone stronger than yourself; we can always say we're not hurt by the stones others throw at us, and it's only at night - when we're alone and our wife or our husband or our school friend is asleep - that we can silently grieve over our own cowardice."
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"Simplicity is the heart of everything. If you look to the desert, apparently the desert is very simple but it's full of life, it's full of hidden places and the beauty is that it looks simple but it's complex in the way that it expresses the soul of the world or God."
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"People are all crazy... but the craziest are the ones who never allow themselves to be crazy."
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"If you have a past with which you feel dissatisfied, then forget it, now. Imagine a new story for your life and believe in it. Focus only on the moments when you achieved what you desired, and that strength will help you to get what you want."
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"A prayer couched in the words of the soul, is far more powerful than any ritual."
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"The glory of the world is transitory, and we should not measure our lives by it, but by the choice we make to follow our personal legend, to believe in our utopias, and to fight for our dreams."
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"There was a time when people accepted magical experiences as natural. There were no priests then, and no one went chasing after the secrets of the occult."
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"His way isn't the same as mine, nor mine as his. But we're both in search of our destinies, and I respect him for that."
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"Before I die, I want to fight for life."
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"But if you believe yourself worthy of the thing you fought so hard to get, then you become an instrument of God, you help the Soul of the World, and you understand why you are here."
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"Usually the threat of death makes people a lot more aware of their lives."
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"Don't forget that everything you deal with is only one thing and nothing else."
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"People learn twenty-five percent from their teacher, twenty-five percent from listening to themselves, twenty-five percent from their friends, and twenty-five percent from time."
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"The moment we begin to seek love, love begins to seek us. And to save us."
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"To injure your opponent is to injure yourself."
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"When we're focused on what we want, things begin to slot perfectly into place."
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"Be like the fountain that overflows, not like the cistern that merely contains."
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