"The end of one stage is only the beginning of another. Any dangers overcome are the necessary preparation to do better in the next stage."
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"The person who does not make a choice dies in the eyes of the Lord, even though he continues to breathe and to walk about the streets. For a man has to choose, therein lies his strength: in the power of his decisions."
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"We must never forget that spiritual experience is above all a practical experience of love. And with love, there are no rules."
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"We assume, falsely, that how we feel now is how we will feel in the future"
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"Since the dawn of time man understands that suffering, faced with no fear, is his passport to freedom."
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"I learned long ago that in order to heal my wounds, I must have the courage to face up with them."
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"Elegance is achieved when all that is superfluous has been discarded and the human being discovers simplicity and concentration: the simpler and more sober the posture, the more beautiful it will be."
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"Enjoy the questions because they open many doors. Forget the answers because they always change."
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"The journey towards the top of the mountain is always longer than you think. Don't fool yourself: the moment will come where what seemed to be close to you is in fact still very far away."
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"I needed to talk about my real personal history, in order to become free of it."
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"Love is the force that brings us back together, in order to condense the experience dispersed in many lives and many parts of the world."
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"God has prepared a path for everyone to follow."
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"Finally, the Witch justifies her existence by going in search of complete and limitless pleasure."
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"Sex was always surrounded by taboos, and I don't see it necessarily as a manifestation of evil. I think that sexuality is first and foremost the way that God chooses for us to be here on earth, to enjoy this energy of love in the physical plane."
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"I hate knowing about illness. Whenever I read a medical book, I immediately start to get all the symptoms."
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"May we understand that joy is not a sin, sacrifice is not a virtue."
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"So the Warrior fights the Good Fight and he helps others, even though he does not quite understand why."
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"He had to choose between something he had become accustomed to and something he wanted to have."
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"We tend to seek captivity because we are used to seeing freedom as something that has neither frontiers nor responsibilities."
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"No one should feel afraid of the unknown. Because everyone is capable of achieving everything he wants and needs."
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