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of all the weapons of destruction that man could invent, the most terrible-and the most powerful-was the word. Daggers and spears left traces of blood; arrows could be seen at a distance. Poisons were detected in the end and avoided. But the word managed to destroy without leaving clues.

Dreaming is very pleasant as long as you are not forced to put your dreams into practice.

Stop being yourself and become who u always wanted to be

You don't seem mad at all,' she said. But I am, although I'm undergoing a cure, because my problem is that I lack a particular chemical. However, while I hope that the chemical gets rid of my chronic depression, I want to continue being mad, living life the way I dream it, and not the way other people want it to be. Do you know what exists out there, beyond the walls of Villete?

I only invoked what you already knew.

Every moment in life is an act of faith

The night is just a part of the day

Go and get your things,' he said. 'Dreams mean work.

In order not to suffer, you had to renounce love. It was like putting out your own eyes in order not to see the bad things in life.

How can we be so arrogant? The planet is, was, and always will be stronger than us. We can't destroy it; if we overstep the mark, the planet will simply erase us from its surface and carry on existing. Why don't they start talking about not letting the planet destroy us?

And although she was sometimes dissatisfied with herself, she felt unable to go beyond her own limitations. Books were safer.

Human beings can withstand a week without water, two weeks without food, many years of homelessness, but not loneliness. It is the worst of all tortures, the worst of all sufferings.

They say that extroverts are unhappier than introverts and have to compensate for this by constantly proving to themselves how happy and contented and at ease with life they are.

The mirror reflects perfectly; it makes no mistakes because it doesn't think. To think is to make mistakes.

Talent is a universal gift, but it takes a lot of courage to use it. Don't be afraid to be the best.

We are all a part of the divine spark. All have a purpose in creation and that purpose is called Love. That love, however, shouldn't be concentrated in just one person, it should be scattered throughout the world, waiting to be discovered. Wake up that love. What is gone cannot return. What is about to arrive needs to be recognized.

Everything which is done in the present, affects the future by consequence, and the past by redemption.

A man's dignity isn't measured by the people he has around him when he's at the peak of his success, but by his ability not to forget those who helped him when his need was greatest.

Temptation said that we all dream of committing crimes, but that only the unbalanced make that macabre idea a reality.

People are never satisfied. If they have a little, they want more. If they have a lot, they want still more. Once they have more, they wish they could be happy with little, but are incapable of making the slightest effort in that direction.

A disciple...can never imitate his guide's steps. You have your own way of living your life, of dealing with problems, and of winning. Teaching is only demonstrating that it is possible. Learning is making it possible for yourself.