Great Throughts Treasury

"Turning to me, he said, Take away your hand; it has deceived you. The road of the Tradition is not for the chosen few. It is everyone's road. And the power that you think you have is worthless, because it is a power that is shared by all. You should have refused your sword. If you had done so, it would have been given to you, because you would have shown that your heart was pure. But just as I feared, at the supreme moment you stumbled and fell. Because of your avidity, you will now have to seek again for your sword. And because of your pride, you will have to seek it among simple people. Because of your fascination with miracles, you will have to struggle to recapture what was about to be given to you so generously."

"Two of the hardest decisions in life: the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage to accept whatever you encounter."

"Unbelieving? can result in losing to a team on the verge of victory."

"Two women inside, one seeks to attain happiness, passion and adventure that can be her presence, and the second a slave and the monotony of family life and the small acts that can be planned and executed"

"Under the influence of passion, we stop for food and sleep and work and stop the peace doves flying above us. There are many people afraid of passion, because he destroys everything in his way about the past and not one of us wants to see his world collapsed. So many people are trying to control the danger that threatens their world and their findings to remain steadfast in front of the storm which is essentially like dust. These are the architects of things anachronistic. This miracle is in the small things of daily life; we must live in the understanding that at every moment there is a way out of each problem, the way of finding that which is missing, the right clue to the decision which must be taken in order to change our entire future."

"Unity to increase the intensity when we try to stand in front of her face to face, but they weaken when simply ignore them"

"Up until then, whenever anyone had mentioned the possibility of making a film adaptation, my answer had always been, ?No, I?m not interested.? I believe that each reader creates his own film inside his head, gives faces to the characters, constructs every scene, hears the voices, smells the smells. And that is why, whenever a reader goes to see a film based on a novel that he likes, he leaves feeling disappointed, saying: ?the book is so much better than the film."

"Useless to continue taking miracle stories, testimonies of faith, beautiful prayers. If you have all that and forget the love, nothing will serve much effort. Because you can do it all, they can be ready for any sacrifice. But if they give their bodies to be burned and have not love, it will have no meaning for you or for the cause of God."

"Usually the threat of death makes people a lot more aware of their lives."

"Vectors never make the same mistake twice; that is why the warrior only risks his heart for something worthwhile."

"Vanity of vanities, all is vanity, and there is nothing new under the sun, as Solomon said more than three thousand years ago."

"Very good. Your answer is logical, coherent, the one ordinary people: a tie!"

"Veronika had noticed that a lot of people she knew would talk about the horros in other people's lives as if they were genuinely concerned to help them, but the truth was that they took pleasure in the suffering of others, because that made them believe they were happy and that life had been generous with them"

"Wait. That was the first lesson I learned about love. The day creeps, doing thousands of plans, imagine every possible conversation, you promise to change your behavior ... and you're getting anxious and anxious until your loved one comes. Then you do not know what to say. Those hours of waiting have been transformed into tension, the tension in fear, and fear causes shame give us show our affection."

"Victories and defeats form part of everyone's life - everyone, that is, except cowards, as you call them, because they never lose or win."

"Until one day when, as well as his spiritual death, physical death appears; at that moment God will ask: what did you do with your life? We must all answer this question, and woe betides those who answer: I remained standing at the door."

"Wait patiently for the right moment to act. Do not let the next opportunity slip. Take pride in your scars. Scars are medals branded on the flesh, and your enemies will be frightened by them because they are proof of your long experience of battle. Often this will lead them to seek dialogue and avoid conflict. Scars speak more loudly than the sword that caused them."

"Waiting is painful and painless oblivion. But the miserable suffering is not knowing what the decision is."

"Visit your soul; don't visit your past."

"Waiting. That was the first lesson I learned about love."

"Waiting Hurts. Forgetting Hurts. But not knowing which decision to take is the worst of suffering."

"Walk neither faster nor slower than your own soul, because it is your soul that will teach you the usefulness of each step you take."

"Warriors are always open to learn something new."

"Walk your path. Even if your steps have to be uncertain, even if you know that you could be doing it better. If you accept your possibilities in the present, there is no doubt that you will improve in the future. But if you deny that you have limitations, you will never be rid of them. Confront your path with courage, and don't be afraid of the criticizm of others. And, above all, don't allow yourself to become paralyzed by self-criticizm. God will be with you on your sleepless nights, and will dry your tears with His love. God is for the valiant. Certain things in life simply have to be experienced -and never explained. Love is such a thing. There is a moment in every day when it is difficult to see clearly: evening time. Light and darkness blend, and nothing is completely clear nor completely dark. But it's not important what we think, or what we do or what we believe in: each of us will die one day. Better to do as the old Yaqui Indians did: regard death as an advisor. Always ask: 'Since I'm going to die, what should I be doing now?' When we follow our dreams, we may give the impression to others that we are miserable and unhappy. But what others think is not important. What is important is the joy in our heart. There is a work of art each of us was destined to create. That is the central point of our life, and -no matter how we try to deceive ourselves -we know how important it is to our happiness. Usually, that work of art is covered by years of fears, guilt and indecision. But, if we decide to remove those things that do not belong, if we have no doubt as to our capability, we are capable of going forward with the mission that is our destiny. That is the only way to live with honor."

"Warriors of light are not perfect. Their beauty lies in accepting this fact and still desiring to grow and to learn."

"Water. Deep water. Infinitely deep water of the primordial ocean, where everything is possible."

"Water: it has no taste, no smell, no color, and yet it is the most important thing in the world."

"Warriors of light always have a certain gleam in their eyes. They are of this world, they are part of the lives of others, and they set out on their journey with no saddlebags and no sandals. They are often cowardly. They do not always make the right decisions. They suffer over the most trivial things, they have mean thoughts, and sometimes believe that they are incapable of growing. They frequently deem themselves unworthy of any blessing or miracle. They are not always quite sure what they are doing here. They spend many sleepless nights, believing that their lives have no meaning. That is why they are warriors of light. Because they make mistakes. Because they ask themselves questions. Because they are looking for a reason - and are sure to find it."

"We all live in our own world. But if you look up at the starry sky - you'll see that all the different worlds up there combine to form constellations, solar systems, galaxies."

"We all need to be aware of our personal calling. What is a personal calling? It is God?s blessing, it is the path that God chose for you here on Earth. Whenever we do something that fills us with enthusiasm, we are following our legend."

"We always have the necessary resources to face the storms that life throws at us, but most of the time, those resources are locked up in the depths of our heart and we waste an enormous amount of time trying to find them. By the time we've found them, we already been defeated by adversity."

"We always know which is the best road to follow, but we follow only the road that we have become accustomed to."

"We always estimate what we receive from afar, and appreciate the beauty of the day around us. Though he sometimes we need to be strangers to ourselves, then illuminate the light in our soul what we need to see."

"We always try to interpret things in accordance with what we want and not as they are."

"We are all in need of love. Love is part of human nature, such as eating and drinking and sleeping , and sometimes you may find yourself alone fully contemplate sunset beautiful and think that beauty has no value because no one shared by him ! In times such as those must ask: How many times was required that you love and ran away? ! How many times have eased that a man approaching him what to say with confidence that you love him?"

"We are afraid to change because we think that, after so much effort and sacrifice, we know our present world. And even though that world might not be the best of all worlds, and even though we may not be entirely satisfied with it, at least it won?t give us any nasty surprises. We won?t go wrong. When necessary, we will make a few minor adjustments so that everything continues the same."

"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."

"We are all pilgrims in search of the unknown."

"We are all the same instincts-- Good and Evil struggled between us. It was all a matter of control. And choice. Nothing more and nothing less."

"We are all redeemed and free to follow the path that has no beginning and will have no end."

"We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it?s our life or our possessions and property. But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same hand."

"We are all souls wandering the cosmos and, at the same time, living our lives, but with a sense that we are passing from one incarnation to another. If something touches to the code of our soul, it is remembered for ever and affects whatever comes afterwards."

"We are all prisoners of the sands of time, and we have no control over them."

"We are always prepared to defend ourselves, because we all live with the fear and paranoia that other people don't like us."

"We are not a person who wishes the others to be. We decide to be. Always easy to blame others. You can spend a full life that you blame the world, but your successes or failures of your responsibility alone completely. You should try to stop time, but full of energy wastage."

"We are human beings, we are born full of guilt; we feel terrified when happiness becomes a real possibility."

"We are human beings, Lord, and we do not know our own greatness. Lord, give us the humility to ask for what we need, because no desire is vain and no request is futile. Each of us knows how best to feed our own soul; give us the courage to see our desires as coming from the fount of Your eternal Wisdom. Only by accepting our desires can we begin to understand who we are. Amen."

"We are entering a new world in which we can choose to follow our own steps, not those that society forces us to take."

"We are not worshipping anyone or anything; we are simply communing with creation."

"We are not the person other people wish we were. We are who we decide to be. It's always easy to blame others. You can spend your entire life blaming the world, but your successes or failures are entirely your own responsibility."