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There is only one way to learn … It’s through action.
– The Alchemist
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Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant.
– Eleven Minutes
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We are not the person other people wish we were. We are who we decide to be.
– Aleph
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Love simply is. That is the testament of Athena or Sherine or Hagia Sofia — love is. No definitions. Love and don’t ask too many questions. Just love.
– The Witch of Portobello
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Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks.
– By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
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A brush with death always helps us to live our lives better.
– The Zahir
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Wherever your heart is, that is where you’ll find your treasure.
– The Alchemist
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Love is always new.
Regardless of whether we love once, twice, or a dozen times in our life, we always face a brand-new situation.
Love can consign us to hell or to paradise, but it always takes us somewhere.
– By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
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If someone is giving us something, that’s because we’re incapable of getting it for ourselves.
– Aleph
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Seek out people who aren’t afraid of making mistakes and who, therefore, do make mistakes.
Because of that, their work often isn’t recognized, but they are precisely the kind of people who change the world and, after many mistakes, do something that will transform their own community completely.
– Aleph
