Great Throughts Treasury

"When something strongly desires, the whole universe conspires in our favor."

"When something undesirable grows in my soul, I ask God to give me the courage to mercilessly pluck it out."

"When the man looked deeper into the soul of the world, it is easy to understand in the world there is always one person who is waiting for the other one, it was in the middle of a desert or in the middle of a major city... And when you meet that person and their eyes are crossed, all past and all future lose any significance... and there is only this moment"

"When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a story current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision."

"When someone sees the same people every day, as had happened with him at the seminary, they wind up becoming a part of that person?s life. And then they want the person to change. If someone isn?t what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own."

"When the unwanted Guest Arrives I might be afraid I might be smile or say: my day was good let night fall."

"When the night falls, because of all the worries him hiding in the aqueduct ourselves since childhood"

"When things start to happen, and the path does reveal itself to us, we become afraid of carrying on."

"When the walls come down, love takes over, and it no longer matters what is possible or impossible; it doesn't even matter whether we can keep the loved one at our side. To love is to lose control."

"When we always see the same people end up doing that they become part of our lives. And as they are part of our lives, they also have to want to change our lives. And if we do not expect us to be like them, bother. Because everyone knows exactly how we should live our lives. And never have any idea how to live their own lives."

"When we are on high (Mountain), we can see everything else as small. Our glory and our sadness lose their importance. Whatever we conquered or lost remains there below. From the heights of the mountain, you see how large the world is, and how wide its horizons."

"When trying to seduce a woman, a writer says: 'I'm a writer', and scribbles a poem on a napkin. It always works."

"When we both experienced the love that consumes, we shared in the Absolute. The Absolute shows each of us who we really are; it is an enormous web of cause and effect, where every small gesture made by one person affects the life of someone else. This morning, that slice of the Absolute was still very much alive in my soul. I was seeing not only you but everything there is in the world, unlimited by space or time."

"When we can do nothing else, we can still love, without expecting any reward or change or gratitude."

"When we are walking our chosen path, we walk elegantly, emanating light."

"When we feel weak, all we have to do is wait a little while. The spring returns and the winter snows melt and fill us with new energy."

"When we meet someone and fall in love, we have a sense that the whole universe is on our side. And yet if something goes wrong, there is nothing left! How is it possible for the beauty that was there only minutes before to vanish so quickly? Life moves very fast. It rushes from heaven to hell in a matter of seconds."

"When we first begin fighting for our dream, we have no experience and make many mistakes. The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times."

"When something evolves, everything around that thing evolves as well."

"When we engage in the way we always have an idea more or less defined by what we find. Women generally seek the Other Party, men Power. Neither the one nor the other wants to learn: they want to reach the goal they are fixed."

"When we plant a rose seed in the earth, we notice it is small, but we do not criticize it as rootless and stemless. We treat it as a seed, giving it the water and nourishment required of a seed."

"When we have great treasures under the eyes, we do not perceive... And you know why? Because men do not believe treasure."

"When we have the great treasures before us never recognize."

"When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny."

"When we meet someone and begin to love, we feel like the whole universe in his side. Today I have found that when the sun goes down. But at this time there is not something that happens suddenly everything disappears! No more paying herons, the music was not far away, even taste on his lips no longer. Why it could happen to a beautiful thing like that, just a few minutes before everything disappears? Life goes by so fast. It pushes us from heaven to hell in a snap."

"When we love we do not need to understand what is happening, because everything happens within us."

"When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too."

"When we want something, we have to have a clear purpose in mind for the thing that we want. The only reason for seeking a reward is to know what to do with that reward."

"When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too."

"When we seek to be better than we are, everything around us becomes better too."

"When we set out on the path, we always have a fairly clear idea of what we hope to find. Women are generally seeking their Soul Mate, and men looking for Power. Neither party is really interested in learning. They simply want to reach the thing they have set as their goal."

"When we turn around and come face to face with our destiny, we discover that words (spoken) are not enough. I know so many people who are brilliant speakers but are quite incapable of practicing what they preach. It?s one thing to describe a situation and quite another to experience it. I realized a long time ago that a warrior in search of his dream must take his inspiration from what he actually does and not from what he imagines himself doing."

"When we?re with other people and they say nothing, the situation becomes irritating."

"When we renounce our dreams and find peace,? he said after a while, ?we go through a short period of tranquility. But the dead dreams begin to rot within us and to infect our entire being. We become cruel to those around us, and then we begin to direct this cruelty against ourselves. That?s when illnesses and psychoses arise. What we sought to avoid in combat ? disappointment and defeat ? come upon us because of our cowardice. And one day, the dead, spoiled dreams make it difficult to breathe, and we actually seek death. It?s death that frees us from our certainties, from our work, and from that terrible peace of our Sunday afternoons."

"When we venture in that unfamiliar sea, we trust blindly in those who guide us, believing that they know more than we do."

"When we're focused on what we want, things begin to slot perfectly into place."

"When you are in love , things make even more sense."

"When you are very close to our treasures of us we do not notice it at all, you know why? Because people do not believe in treasures."

"When you are loved, there's no need at all to understand what's happening, because everything happens within you."

"When you dance, do you feel desire? Do you feel as if you were summoning up a greater energy? When you dance, are there moments when you cease to be yourself?"

"When you are loved, there's no need at all to understand what's happening ."

"When you are loved, you can do anything in creation. When you are loved, there?s no need at all to understand what?s happening, because everything happens within you"

"When you close that door to nowhere throw away the key, we have a tendency to look back and regret."

"When you forgive, the person who insulted you feels humbled in his error and becomes loyal."

"When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way."

"When you have things like the meaning of the largest."

"When you go around one of them, it is because someone else is about to arrive."

"When you know how to use it, disobedience can be a virtue."

"When you are moving toward an objective, said Petrus, it is very important to pay attention to the road. It is the road that teaches us the best way to get there, and the road enriches us as we walk its length."

"When you are going through difficult times, remember: you might have lost some major battles, but you survived and you're still here."