The higher the hill, the stronger the wind: so the loftier the life, the stronger the enemy's temptations.
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The higher the hill, the stronger the wind: so the loftier the life, the stronger the enemy's temptations.
I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything.
I intend to live forever. So far, so good.
Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more.
I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent.
What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.
A confession has to be part of your new life.
Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death. If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present.
If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.
The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.
Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.
A word after a word after a word is power.
An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.
We will be more successful in all our endeavors if we can let go of the habit of running all the time, and take little pauses to relax and re-center ourselves. And we'll also have a lot more joy in living.
In order to heal others, we first need to heal ourselves. And to heal ourselves, we need to know how to deal with ourselves.
Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.
Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.
You can be young without money but you can't be old without it.
To be free is to have achieved your life.
We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.
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