Great Throughts Treasury

"We never lose our loved ones. They accompany us; merely in different rooms."

"We offer flowers because the flowers are the meaning of love. Whoever tries to possess a flower will wither her beauty. But one who merely looks at a flower in a field will keep forever. Because it goes with the afternoon, the sun, the smell of wet earth and clouds on the horizon."

"We only accept a truth after we have first wholeheartedly rejected it."

"We pretend to be strong because we are weak."

"We see the world in terms of what we would like to see happen, not what actually does."

"We should always be prepared for attacks by the enemy and be capable of looking into the eye of death so that death may light our path."

"We tend to seek captivity because we are used to seeing freedom as something that has neither frontiers nor responsibilities."

"We see the evil in others because we know the evil in ourselves. We never forgive those who wound us because we believe that we would never be forgiven. We say the painful truth to others because we want to hide it from ourselves. We show our strength, so that no one can see our frailty. That is why, whenever you judge your brother, be aware that it is you who is in the dock."

"We understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same hand."

"We want to live so there's a little shimmer of grace left behind when we're gone."

"We were approaching the Louvre, but he paused to lean on the parapet, and we both stood there contemplating the passing boats, which dazzled us with their spotlights. ?Look at them,? I said, because I needed to talk about something, afraid that he might get bored and go home. ?They only see what the spotlights show them. When they go home, they?ll say they know Paris. Tomorrow they?ll go and see the Mona Lisa and claim they?ve visited the Louvre. But they don?t know Paris and have never really been to the Louvre. All they did was go on a boat and look at a painting, one painting, instead of looking at a whole city and trying to find out what?s happening in it, visiting the bars, going down the streets that don?t appear in any of the tourist guides, and getting lost in order to find themselves again. It?s the difference between watching a porn movie and making love."

"We were born alone and we will die alone. But, while we are on this planet, we must accept and glorify our act of faith through other people. Community is life: from it comes our capacity for survival. That is how it was when we lived in caves and so it is today."

"We who determine how quickly time passes."

"We will always ask ourselves the same questions... We will always need to be humble enough to accept that our heart knows why we are here... Yes, it?s difficult to talk to your heart and perhaps it isn?t even necessary. We simply have to trust and follow the signs and live our Personal Legend; sooner or later, we will realize that we are all part of something, even if we can?t understand rationally what that something is. They say that in the second before our death, each of us understands the real reason for existence and out of that moment Heaven or Hell is born."

"We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen."

"We will always meet rivals in everything we do, but the most dangerous are those we believe to be our friends."

"We will refuse to look at life as a grand adventure boundless."

"We wouldn't worry nearly as much about what others thought of us if we recognize how seldom they do."

"We, people's hearts, seldom say much about those treasures, because people no longer want to go in search of them. We speak of them only to children. Later, we simply let life proceed, in its own direction, towards its own fate. But, unfortunately, very few follow the path laid out for them-the path to their Personal Legends, and to happiness. Most people see the world as a threatening place, and, because they do, the world turns out, indeed, to be a threatening place. So, we, their hearts, speak more and more softly. We never stop speaking out, but we begin to hope that our words won't be heard: we don't want people to suffer because they don't follow their hearts."

"We women, when we?re searching for a meaning to our lives or for the path of knowledge, always identify with one of four classic archetypes. The Virgin (and I?m not speaking here of a sexual virgin) is the one whose search springs from her complete independence, and everything she learns is the fruit of her ability to face challenges alone. The Martyr finds her way to self-knowledge through pain, surrender and suffering. The Saint finds her true reason for living in unconditional love and in her ability to give without asking anything in return. Finally, the Witch justifies her existence by going in search of complete and limitless pleasure."

"We, their hearts, become fearful just thinking of loved ones who go away forever, or of moments that could have been good but weren't, or of moments that could have been found but were forever hidden in the sands."

"We?re allowed to make a lot of mistakes in our lives."

"We?re not happy or unhappy even if it continued to live without."

"We?re allowed to make a lot of mistakes in our lives, except the mistake that destroy us."

"Welcome to a place where I always say that the sky is blue, even when it is gray because we know the color behind the clouds."

"Well there is only one piece of advice I can give you? said the wisest of the wise men. ?The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never forget the drops of oil on the spoon."

"Well, I will feel trapped, tired, afraid to bend the waiting, and wanted to give up. But if you believe that there is a ray path of his destiny and that God is operating this machine, to make the nightmare becomes more creepy and scary, it is the fate of that game: a kinked rail, is a safe and reliable toy, it will definitely stop, but as the journey continues, then we need to look away, surrounding views and Dating rang with excitement."

"Well, it's a choice like any other, even though it's stupid to believe we can control the world and to allow ourselves to be lulled into a false sense of security that leaves us totally unprepared for life; because then, when you least expect it, an earthquake throws up a range of mountains, a bolt of lightning kills a tree that was preparing for its summer rebirth, or a hunting accident puts paid to the life of an honest man."

"We're not like the others expect. We are the ones that suit our own decisions. It's easy to blame others. You could spend your whole life blaming the world, but the success or your failure depends entirely on your own responsibility. You can stop the time, but it really is a waste of energy."

"Well, then, why should I listen to my heart? the boy said. Because you will never again be able to keep it quiet. Even if you pretend not to have heard what it tells you, it will always be there inside you, repeating to you what you're thinking about life and about the world."

"We're not the person you wish others to be. We decide to be."

"We're surrounded by Universal Desire. It's not happiness; it's desire. And desires are never satisfied, because once they are, they cease to be desires."

"We're living in an age in which everything is allowed, and democracy is being devoured and destroyed by that limitless freedom."

"We've lost our ability to live with the secrets of the world. And yet there they are before us."

"What do you mean God? - Anyone who knows God is unable to describe. Anyone who is able to describe God do not know"

"What cannot be cured, must be endured."

"What do you want? You can't want to be happy, because that's too easy and too boring. You can't want only to love, because that's impossible. What do you want? You want to justify your life, to live it as intensely as possible. That is at once a trap and a source of ecstasy. Try to be alert to that danger and experience the joy and the adventure of being that woman who is beyond the image reflected in the mirror."

"What benefit money if we were going to die? It is very rare to be able to save money from one of death."

"What happens once will never happen again. But what happens twice will surely happen a third time."

"What bitter back to life, destroy communities, to end many relationships, for devastating homes, by tossing men and women of their bases, take away all the exuberance of youth for your free power to produce misery , intolerance has no competition."

"What does learning mean: accumulating knowledge or transforming your life?"

"What hurts us is what heals us."

"What is ?I?? It's what you are, not what others make of you."

"What good is money to you if you're going to die? It's not often that money can save someone's life."

"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. However, we don't all have the courage to confront our own dream."

"What is happening does not repeat visits may never happen. But what happens twice inevitably happens a third time."

"What is important is who you are and not what others are calculated by thee."

"What is learning: accumulating knowledge? Or transforming our lives?"

"What is a teacher? I'll tell you: it isn't someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows."

"What is disturbing is the risk of being different, and the horror of being equal."