Great Throughts Treasury

"When you make a decision, you are really diving in a strong current that will bring you to places you never dreamed of when you first made that decision."

"When you must choose a new path, do not bring old experiences with you. Those who strike out afresh, but who attempt to retain a little of the old life, end up torn apart by their own memories."

"When you really want something to happen, the whole universe conspires so that your wish comes true."

"When you possess great treasures within you, and try to tell others of them, seldom are you believed."

"When you return to their homes, they will say that they met in Paris. Tomorrow should see the Mona Lisa, and will say that they visited the Louvre. They do not know they are in Paris, and they were not even in the Louvre. Just a boat ride and view a single image, a single image. What is the Difference Between watching pornographic films and making love? Same as the difference between seeing the city and attempt to find out what is happening in it, going to bars, walking the streets that are not found in guides. The man needs to get lost to find himself."

"When you say 'yes' to others, make sure you're not saying 'no' to yourself."

"When you repeat a mistake, it is not a mistake anymore: it is a decision."

"When you were in love, you were capable of learning everything and of knowing things you had never dared even to think, because love was the key to understanding all of the mysteries."

"When you want something with all your heart, that?s when you are closest to the Soul of the World. It?s always a positive force."

"When you're washing up, pray. Be thankful that there are plates to be washed; that means there was food, that you fed someone, that you're lavished care on one or more people, that you cooked and laid the table... There are women who say: I'm not going to do the washing up let the men do it. Fine, let the men do it if they want to, but that has nothing to do with equality... I'd be accused of working against the feminist cause. Nonsense! As if washing up or wearing a bra or having someone open or close a door could be humiliating to me as a woman. The fact is, I love it when a man opens the door for me... in my soul is written: I'm being treated like a goddess. I'm a queen."

"When you want something, all the universe conspires for you to make your wish."

"When you want something with all your heart, that's when you are closest to the Soul of the World.... when you love someone with all your heart, that's when you are transformed. Everything on earth is being continuously transformed, because the earth is alive... and it has a soul. We are part of that soul, so we rarely recognize that it is working for us.... we continue to change as change is the nature of man. No one is just this way. That is who they are today - it will not be who they are tomorrow."

"When you suspect a sense of constant dissatisfaction, this means that God created for only one reason: You have to change everything and goes on"

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

"Whenever a new situation presented itself, you had to remain cool and distant."

"When, seeking something already, the whole universe will work collaboratively to allow you to achieve your dream."

"Whenever he reads articles in newspapers or magazines written by politicians using global warming or the destruction of the environment for their electoral campaigns, he thinks: How can we be so arrogant? The planet is, was and always will be stronger than us. We can?t destroy it; if we overstep the mark, the planet will simply erase us from its surface and carry on existing. Why don?t they start talking about not letting the planet destroy us? Because Saving the planet gives a sense of power, action and nobility. Whereas not letting the planet destroy us might lead us to feelings of despair and impotence, and to a realization of just how very limited our capabilities are."

"Whenever he saw the sea, or a fire, he fell silent, impressed by their elemental force."

"Whenever I refused to follow my fate, something very hard to bear would happen in my life."

"Whenever he could, he sought out a new road to travel."

"Whenever someone dies, a part of the universe dies too. Everything a person felt, experience and saw dies with them, like tears in the rain."

"Whenever she sat still, just looking at something, she got the feeling that she was wasting precious time when she should be doing things to meet people. She could be spending her time so much better, because there was still so much to learn."

"Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed."

"Whenever you have to find about something, Plunge right in!"

"Whenever we get closer to our dreams, became a legend of personal real impetus for life."

"Whenever we forgive someone, we are also forgiving ourselves."

"Where there is loyalty, weapons are of no use."

"Where have you been? Is not an empty question. Anyone asking it is also saying I missed you, I want to be with you, I need to know what you've been up to."

"Where are they written? In the world around us. Merely be attentive to what happens in your life, and you will discover where, every moment of the day, He hides His words and His will. Seek to do as He asks: this alone is the reason you are in the world. If I discover it, I'll write it on clay tablets. Do so. But write them, above all, in your heart; there they can neither burned nor destroyed, and you will take them wherever you go."

"Where there's life, there's hope ."

"Wherever you it is that you want to see the face of God, there you will see it. And if you don't want to see it, it doesn't matter, so long as you are performing good works."

"Wherever your heat is there you will find your treasure."

"Wherever your soul is, there your treasure is."

"Where your treasure is, there also will be your heart, the alchemist had told him."

"While he was doing the same thing, it was necessary to discover something new, fantastic, incredible, I would have gone unnoticed the time before."

"Whether necessary or not, they occur. When he begins fighting for his dreams, man has no experience, and makes many mistakes. But the secret in life is to fall seven times, and rise up eight times."

"While most of humanity was scrabbling for a piece of bread, a roof over their head and a job that would allow them to live with dignity, Ralf Hart had all of that, and it only made him feel more wretched. If he looked back on what his life had been lately, he had perhaps managed two or three days when he had woken up, looked at the sun-or the rain-and felt glad to see the morning, just happy, without wanting anything, planning anything or asking anything in exchange. Apart from those days, the rest of his existence had been wasted on dreams , both frustrated and realized-a desire to go beyond himself, to go beyond his limitations; he had spent his life trying to prove something, but he didn't know what or to whom."

"Who let me be like the wind, no one knows where it comes from or where it goes and changes direction without having to answer to anyone."

"Who lit the fire of wisdom? And where to go? I realized that the man, an example of such a candle, carries in his heart the sacred fire of certain moments, but he does not know at all where it ignited."

"Who does not consider the faults of the beloved as a virtue, not love."

"Who feels free, loves all out. And who loves all out, feel free."

"Who loves defeated the world and is not afraid to lose anything. True love is an act of total surrender."

"Who needs to know love lost and found?"

"Who understands us can transform."

"Whoever is capable of not minding what others say, is a man on the path to wisdom."

"Whoever is able to rein in his heart, he can conquer the world."

"Whoever is given the feeling without looking back, the one who feels free, and he loves all the strength of the soul. And he who loves all the strength of the soul feels free."

"Whoever swallows that elixir will never be sick again, and a fragment from that stone turns any metal into gold. The Arabs laughed at him, and the alchemist laughed along. They thought his answer was amusing, and they allowed the boy and the alchemist to proceed with all of their belongings. Are you crazy? the boy asked the alchemist, when they had moved on. What did you do that for? To show you one of life?s simple lessons, the alchemist answered. When you possess great treasures within you, and try to tell others of them, seldom are you believed."

"Whoever loves a reward waiting is wasting his time."

"Whoever you are, or whatever it is that you do, when you really want something, it's because that desire originated in the soul of the universe. It's your mission on earth."