Compared to what you ought to be you are only half awake

You are making use of only a small part of your physical and mental resources.

The human individual lives far within his limits.

He possesses powers of various sorts which he habitually fails to use.

The man who's travelled the furthest is the most aware of the road that still lies ahead.

The fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself.

No heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams.

To gain that which is worth having,
it may be necessary to lose everything else.

You are not defeated when you lose.

You are defeated when you quit.

When life hits you hard, don't complain.

Cry out loud, swear, smash a vase, but don't complain.

You are not a victim

Stress is an ignorant state

It believes that everything is an emergency.

Nothing is that important.

Waiting is painful.
Forgetting is painful.
But not knowing which to do is the worse kind of suffering.

Live passionately,
with all the injuries that can happen as a result.

It is worth it.

Knowledge without transformation is not wisdom

It is Doubt that makes us grow

because it forces us to look fearlessly at the many answers that exist to one question

What ever you do,
dont congratulate yourself too much
or berate yourself either.

Your choices are half chance.
So are everybody elses.

When one door closes, another opens

but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door
that we do not see the one which has opened for us

Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end of it.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection.

Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path,
for they draw only corrupt blood.

All that spirits desire, spirits attain.

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.

Most of our obstacles would melt away if,
instead of cowering before them,
we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them

Being defeated is often a temporary condition.

Giving up is what makes it permanent.

Men often become what they believe themselves to be.

If I believe I cannot do something,
it makes me incapable of doing it.

But when I believe I can,
then I acquire the ability to do it
even if I didn't have it in the beginning

Nobody can hurt you without your permission

Every moment of your life is infinitely creative
and the universe is endlessly bountiful.

Just put forth a clear enough request,
and everything your heart desires must come to you

become the change you want to see in the world

Strength does not come from physical capacity.

It comes from an indomitable will.

We don't receive wisdom

We must discover it for ourselves

after a journey
that no one can take for us

or spare us.

Every moment is a golden one  for him who has the vision to recognize it as such.

In time all suffering will pass

The bitter doesn't last forever,
and the sweet never fills the cup to overflowing.

All that is gained at the expense of your nerves
decade after decade
can be confiscated in one fell night.

Believe only what you yourself test and judge to be true.

Where would Jesus be if no one had written the gospels?

What's worse?

Hell or nothing?

Without pain, without sacrifice, we would have nothing.

On a long enough time line,
the survival rate for everyone

drops to zero.

Everyone you ever love will reject you or die.

Everything you ever create will be thrown away.

Everything you’re proud of will end up as trash.

The first step to eternal life is you have to die...

If you could be either God's worst enemy or nothing which would you choose?

Which is worse Hell or nothing?

Only if we're caught and punished can we be saved.

Burn down The Louvre and wipe your ass with the Mona Lisa.

At least this way God would know our names.

The wise man in the storm prays to God,
not for safety from danger,
but for the deliverance from fear.

It is the storm within that endangers him,
not the storm without.

You can feed a caterpillar, you can whisper through the chrysalis.

What hatches out will follow it's own nature and will be beyond you.

God in irony is matchless,
and in wanton malice beyond measure

Those who reject the battle are more deeply wounded than those who take part in it

There is a luxury in self reproach.

When we blame ourselves we feel that no one else has a right to blame us.

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution

It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything

Only after disaster can we be resurrected

Life comes at us from out of the darkness...

and at times we can struggle to find the courage to face it.

When life comes rushing at you from our of the darkness,
who will you choose to face it with?
Will it be someone you trust?
Will they be wise?
And will their love for you help them to guide you to the light?
Or will they lose their way in the darkness?
Will they make noble choices?
Or will that person be someone untested,
someone new?

Life comes rushing at you from out of the darkness,
when it does is there someone in your life you can count on?
Someone who will watch over you when you stumble and fall?

And in that moment, give you the strength to face your fears alone?

Unburden yourself from the mistakes of the past.
And when you do, your heart grows stronger.

But it doesn't mean that what you have done is forgotten.

What you have done is out there.

And what you have done remembers.

Regret comes in all shapes and sizes. Some are small like when we do a bad thing for a good reason. Some are bigger like when you let down a friend.

Some of us escape the pain of regret by making the right choice. Some of us have little time for regret because we're looking forward to the future. Sometimes we have to fight to come to terms with the past, and sometimes we bury our regret by promising to change our own ways.

But our biggest regrets are not for the things we did, but for the things we didn't do.

Things we didn't say that could've save someone that we care about.

You can choose to blame your circumstances on fate or bad luck or bad choices.
Or you can fight back.

Things aren't always going to be fair in the real world.
That's just the way it is.
But for the most part, you get what you give.

The rest of your life is being shaped right now.
With the dreams you chase,
The choices you make,
and the person you decide to be.

The rest of your life is a long time.

And the rest of your life starts right now.

Do you ever wonder if we make the moments in our lives or if the moments in our lives make us?

If you could go back and change one thing about your life, would you?
And if you did, would that change make your life better?
Or would that change ultimately break your heart?
Or break the heart of another?

Or would you choose an entirely different path?
Or would you change just one thing, just one moment?

One moment, that you've always wanted back.

Have you ever wondered what marks our timing?

If one life can really make an impact on the world?
Or if the choices we make matter?

Sometimes in order to move forward, you have to go back.
In some cases, just a few minutes.

Have you ever wondered what marks our timing?
If one life can really make an impact on the world?
Or if the choices we make matter?

I believe they do.

And I believe that one person can change many lives.

For better, or worse.

 

A ship in the harbour is safe.

But that's not what ships were made for.

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