Great Throughts Treasury

"We are our own greatest surprise."

"We are responsible for the Universe, because we are the Universe."

"We can harness the energy of the winds, the seas, the sun. But the day man learns to harness the energy of love that will be as important as the discovery of fire."

"We are responsible for reencountering our Soul Mate who is sure to cross our path. Even if it is only for a matter of moments, because those moments bring with them a love so intense that it justifies the rest of our days."

"We can never found the soul, just as we can never wound God, but we become imprisoned by our memories, and that makes our lives wretched, even when we have everything we need in order to be happy."

"We are responsible for the entire world, because we did not know where there are companions of our souls, we have been those at the beginning of the universe, if their lives were fine, we would be happy, but were not so, we will also suffer."

"We are used to thinking that what we give is the same as what we receive, but people who love expecting to be loved in return are wasting their time.. Love is an act of faith, not an exchange."

"We assume (falsely) that how we feel now is how we will feel in the future."

"We can also allow our Soulmate to pass us by, without accepting him or her, or even noticing. Then we will need another incarnation in order to find that Soulmate. And because of our selfishness, we will be condemned to the worst torture humankind ever invented for itself: loneliness."

"We are travelers on a cosmic journey, stardust, swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of infinity. Life is eternal. We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other, to meet, to love, to share. This is a precious moment. It is a little parenthesis in eternity."

"We become imprisoned by our memories, and that makes our lives wretched."

"We believe blindly trust those who guide us, believing that the extent of their knowledge beyond our knowledge."

"We can only be generous with us the few times we need to be hard."

"We could go back to the time when we first met: a man in emotional tatters over someone who had left him, and a woman madly in love with her neighbor. I could repeat what I said to you once: 'I'm going to fight to the bitter end.' Well, I fought and I lost, and now I'll just have to lick my wounds and leave."

"We can only learn to love by loving."

"We can see the Divine in each speck of dust, but that doesn't stop us from wiping it away with a wet sponge. The Divine doesn't disappear; it's transformed into the clean surface."

"We do not know when it will end the war, battles will continue without a doubt a long time, perhaps years ... On each side there are fighters, brave and tough, and each of the two armies is proud of the fight, there is no war between the good guys and the bad guys, it's a war between the forces vying to come to power itself , and when they break out the battle of this kind, it is still more, because in such a case be God with both sides at once."

"We cannot allow a lot of mistakes in his life, except one: the one that will destroy us."

"We can spend the rest of our lives that we profess to love that person or that thing while we are in fact suffering only because we are instead of trying to accept the power of love reduced to fit the mold the world in which we imagine that we live in."

"We do not choose our lives, but we decide what to do with the joys and sorrows that we receive."

"We can only understand the miracle of life fully when letting the unexpected to happen."

"We do not know that we calculated the movement of courage to discover the entirety of our freedom."

"We don't always choose the best solution but we carry on regardless, trying to remain upright and decent in order to do honor not to the walls or the doors or the windows but to the empty space inside, the space where we worship and venerate what is dearest and most important to us."

"We do want it and know that we have staked everything on it and that the path of the personal calling is no easier than any other path, except that our whole heart is in this journey. Then, we warriors of light must be prepared to have patience in difficult times and to know that the Universe is conspiring in our favor, even though we may not understand how."

"We have been taught that we must follow certain formulas and rules if we want to find god. We do not recognize that god is wherever we allow him/her to enter."

"We have been conducting so fast we do not know what to do, and now we have to wait a little bit until our souls catch us"

"We feel the pain of it; you and I will not never go away. But the work will help us to bear the torment because he cannot undermine the body is tired."

"We hate to make love when we do not win, but still we do, and you will be unable to tell the difference."

"We have been moving along at such a fast pace that we no longer know what we are doing. Now we have to wait until our soul catches up with us."

"We have to be prepared for change."

"We have to listen to the child we once were, the child who still exists inside us. That child understands magic moments. We can stifle its cries, but we cannot silence its voice. The child we once were is still there. Blessed are the children, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. If we are not reborn if we cannot learn to look at life with the innocence and the enthusiasm o childhood it makes no sense to go on living."

"We have to take advantage when luck is on our side, and do as much to help it as it?s doing to help us."

"We have to take love where we find it. Even if that means hours, days, weeks of disappointment and sadness."

"We have to forget we believe that in order to become of us already."

"We human beings have enormous difficulty in focusing on the present; were always thinking about what we did, about how we could have done it better, about the consequences of our actions, and about why we didn't act as we should have."

"We know what we want and if sustained, be successful, but when closed, with God's help to achieve that goal."

"We left the world in search of our dreams and ideals. Often placed in inaccessible places what is at hand."

"We learn in the past, but we are not the result of that. We suffered in the past, loved in the past, cried and laughed in the past, but that's of no use in the present. The present has its challenges, its good and bad side. We can neither blame nor be grateful to the past for what is happening now. Each new experience of love has nothing whatsoever to do with past experiences. It's always new."

"We looked for the easiest way out: a separate reality."

"We make a lot of detours, but we?re always heading for the same destination."

"We live in a valley of tears, she said with invisible friends. We can have all the dreams we want, but life is harsh, and cannot relieve sadness."

"We may think at times that the only thing life offers us tomorrow, is to repeat everything we did today. But if we pay close attention, we will see that no two days are alike."

"We must at all costs avoid saying no because people prefer those who say yes, and this allows us to survive in hostile territory."

"We love because love is the supreme Don and not because we give something back."

"We love men because they can never fake orgasms, even if they wanted to. Because they write poems, songs, and books in our honor. Because they never understand us, but they never give up. Because they can see beauty in women when women have long ceased to see any beauty in themselves. Because they come from little boys. Because they can churn out long, intricate, Machiavellian, or incredibly complex mathematics and physics equations, but they can be comparably clueless when it comes to women. Because they are incredible lovers and never rest until we?re happy. Because they elevate sports to religion. Because they?re never afraid of the dark. Because they don?t care how they look or if they age. Because they persevere in making and repairing things beyond their abilities, with the na‹ve self-assurance of the teenage boy who knew everything. Because they never wear or dream of wearing high heels. Because they?re always ready for sex. Because they?re like pomegranates: lots of inedible parts, but the juicy seeds are incredibly tasty and succulent and usually exceed your expectations. Because they?re afraid to go bald. Because you always know what they think and they always mean what they say. Because they love machines, tools, and implements with the same ferocity women love jewelry. Because they go to great lengths to hide, unsuccessfully, that they are frail and human. Because they either speak too much or not at all to that end. Because they always finish the food on their plate. Because they are brave in front of insects and mice. Because a well-spoken four-year old girl can reduce them to silence, and a beautiful 25-year old can reduce them to slobbering idiots. Because they want to be either omnivorous or ascetic, warriors or lovers, artists or generals, but nothing in-between. Because for them there?s no such thing as too much adrenaline. Because when all is said and done, they can?t live without us, no matter how hard they try. Because they?re truly as simple as they claim to be. Because they love extremes and when they go to extremes, we?re there to catch them. Because they are tender they when they cry, and how seldom they do it. Because what they lack in talk, they tend to make up for in action. Because they make excellent companions when driving through rough neighborhoods or walking past dark alleys. Because they really love their moms, and they remind us of our dads. Because they never care what their horoscope, their mother-in-law, nor the neighbors say. Because they don?t lie about their age, their weight, or their clothing size. Because they have an uncanny ability to look deeply into our eyes and connect with our heart, even when we don?t want them to. Because when we say I love you they ask for an explanation."

"We must love because we are loved by God. We must be conscious of death if we are to have a proper understanding of life. We must struggle in order to grow, but without falling into the trap of the power we gain through that struggle, because we know that power is worthless. Finally, we must accept that our eternal soul is, at this moment, caught in the web of time with all its opportunities and its limitations."

"We must expose the dangers - he said. The miracle of life we truly understood only if we allow something unexpected. Every day the Lord gives us - along with the sun - a moment when it is possible to change everything that makes us unhappy. Every day we try to deceive ourselves as we recognize that moment, he does not exist, as identical day yesterday and it will be the same tomorrow. But the one who pays attention to the day that lasts, reveals a magical moment. It can be hidden in a moment when we unlock the door in the morning, in that brief silence that suddenly occurs after lunch, in a thousand and one things that we look the same. This moment exists - a moment when we are all star power outright dread and allow us to do miracles. Happiness is sometimes a blessing, but usually wins. The magical moment that occurs every day helps us to change, to lead us to engage in the search for their dreams."

"We must struggle for our dreams, but when certain paths prove impossible, it would be best to save our energies in order to travel other roads."

"We need to take risks, he said. Only fully understand the miracle of life when we allow the unexpected to happen. Every day God gives us, along with the sun, a moment in which it is possible to change everything that makes us unhappy. Every day we try to pretend that we do not perceive that moment, that moment does not exist, that today is like yesterday and tomorrow will be like."

"We never lose our loved ones. The accompany us; they don't disappear from our lives. We are merely in different rooms."