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"It may arrive in the instant when we are doing something mundane, like putting our front-door key in the lock; it may lie hidden in the quiet that follows the lunch hour or in the thousand and one things that all seem the same to us."
"Respect your body: you can only climb a mountain if you give your body the attention it deserves. You have all the time that life grants you, as long as you walk without demanding what can't be granted. If you go too fast you will grow tired and give up half way there. If you go too slow, night will fall and you will be lost. Enjoy the scenery, take delight in the cool spring water and the fruit that nature generously offers you, but keep on walking."
"When seen up close, dangers are controllable: when you begin to climb the mountain of your dreams, pay attention to the surroundings. There are cliffs, of course. There are almost imperceptible cracks in the mountain rock. There are stones so polished by storms that they have become as slippery as ice. But if you know where you are placing each footstep, you will notice the traps and how to get around them."
"It's natural to be afraid of replacing everything you already gained by a dream."
"There's a lot of me in it. But the character is more egotistical. I'm also egotistical, but not the way the character is. This guy is successful, he has everything, but his wife has left him. The most important value - love - is missing. What is wrong with this institution called 'marriage'? What is wrong with this institution called 'the pursuit of happiness'?"
"It is not difficult to rebuild a life. All we need is to be aware that we have the same strength we had before, and to use it in our favor."
"The search for happiness is more important than the need for pain."
"Wagers and pacts are made with angels - or with devils."
"Sometimes it is impossible to stop the river of life."
"The warrior of light knows that everything around him - his victories, his defeats, his enthusiasm and his despondency - form part of his Good Fight."
"When someone wants something, they must know why they are fighting. This is the only reason to seek a reward."
"The Gift belongs to whoever chooses to accept it. It is enough to believe and not to be afraid to make a few mistakes."
"Attacking or fleeing are part of the struggle; being paralysed by fear is not."
"Man needs to choose, not just accept, his destiny."
"In all the languages in the world, there is the same proverb: "What the eyes don't see, the heart doesn't grieve over." Well, I say that there isn't an ounce of truth in it. The further off they are, the closer to the heart are all those feelings that we try to repress and forget."
"Faith parries all blows. Faith transforms poison into crystalline water."
"All battles have some use, including those in which we were defeated."
"They make a secret pact with themelves never to think about the future."
"Any resistance is not only normal but necessary-it is part of the creative process."
"Discipline and freedom are not mutually exclusive but mutually dependent because otherwise, you'd sink into chaos."