"Believing that other people are always better than you-better-looking, more capable, richer, more intelligent-and that it's very dangerous to step outside your own limits, so it's best to do nothing."
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"I don't know what's going to happen to me tomorrow. That's why I don't save my best for last."
"Because a warrior of light knows that he has duties and responsibilities."
"signs are an extremely personal language that we develop throughout our lives, by trial and error, until we begin to understand that God is guiding us."
"If u behave differently, u will be expelled from the tribe because u can infect others and destroy something that was extremely difficult to organize in the first place."
"if a lie is repeated often enough, it ends up convincing everyone"
"Talent is a universal gift, but it takes a lot of courage to use it. Don't be afraid to be the best."
"During any dance to which we surrender with joy, the brain loses it's controlling power, and the heart takes up the reins of the body."
"If God is Mother, then we need only gather together with people and adore her through rituals intended to satisfy the female soul, ritual involving dance, fire, water, air, earth, songs, music, flowers, and beauty."
"Charisma- the divine force that manifests itself in men and women. The supernatural power we don't need to show to anyone because everyone can see it, even usually insensitive people. But it only happens when we're naked, when we die to the world and are reborn to ourselves."
"God created the visible world so that, through its visible objects, men could understand his spiritual teachings and the marvels of his wisdom"
"Insanity is in the eyes of the beholder. So I will continue to live my personal folly."
"A writer is basically someone who shares his or her value or vision of the world."
"Sometimes an unimportant incident is capable of turning everything beautiful into a moment of anxiety. We insist on seeing the mote in the eye and forget about the mountains, the fields and the olive groves."
"He unwittingly takes a false step and plunges into the abyss."
"When the Warrior takes on a commitment, he keeps his word."
"I fell asleep and dreamed that life was only Happiness. I woke and discovered that life was Duty. I did my Duty and discovered that life was Happiness."
"In a world where everyone struggles to survive whatever the cost, how could one judge those people who decide to die? No one can judge. Each person knows the extent of their own suffering or the total absence of meaning in their lives."
"An encounter with the superior energy is open to anyone but remains far from those who shift responsibility onto others."
"It is Easy to be a Hater. Go for the difficult Task: be a Lover!"