Great Throughts Treasury

"Why am I unhappy? The question carries with it the virus that will destroy everything."

"Why are people sad? This is simple. They are prisoners of their own history. All believe that the goal of life is to follow the basic outline what. Do not ask if it was never planned this plot or that someone else has put them. They accumulate experiences, memories, things, ideas of others, and this exceeds catch up. That is why they forget their dreams"

"Why are not looking for happiness and everyone has taught me that happiness is the only goal worth that we aspire?"

"Why are we smiling when we loathe each other?? ?Why do we sell happiness to the readers of this magazine when we are profoundly unhappy ourselves, the slaves of fame?"

"Why do so many people chose to spend their whole life destroying paths they didn't even want to follow, instead of following the one path that would lead them somewhere."

"Why do away with the inequalities? - said the boy. - If we flatten the mountains, the birds will no longer have shelter. If we put an end to the depths of the rivers and seas, all the fish will die. If the chief of the village has the same authority as the madman, no one will know what to do. The world is vast, let it have its differences."

"Why don?t people?s hearts tell them to continue following their dreams? the boy asked the alchemist. Because that?s what makes a heart suffer most, and hearts don?t like to suffer. From then on, the boy understood his heart. He asked it, please, never to stop speaking to him. He asked that, when he wandered far from his dreams, his heart press him and sound the alarm. The boy swore that, every time he heard the alarm, he would heed its message."

"Why do they make things so complicated? So that those who have the responsibility for understanding can understand, he said. Imagine if everyone went around transforming lead into gold. Gold would lose its value. It's those who are persistent, and willing to study things deeply, who achieve the Master Work."

"Wise is the man who manages to change status when forced to do so."

"Why is patience so important? Because it makes us pay attention."

"Why should we listen to the heart? He asked when camped boy that day. 'Because he is where is where is your treasure. 'My heart is very agitated,' said the boy. Have dreams, get excited and in love with a woman of the desert. I ask for things and keeps me awake many nights, when I think of her. 'That's good. You mean he's alive. Continues to hear what you have to say."

"Why do we have to listen to our hearts? the boy asked, when they had made camp that day. Because, wherever your heart is, that is where you?ll find your treasure. But my heart is agitated, the boy said. It has its dreams, it gets emotional, and it?s become passionate over a woman of the dessert. It asks things of me, and it keeps me from sleeping many nights when I?m thinking about her. Well, that?s good. Your heart is alive. Keep listening to what it has to say."

"Why love is more important than Charity? Because Charity is just one manifestation of Love"

"With every day that passed, the boy's heart became more and more silent. It no longer wanted to know about things of the past or future; it was content simply to contemplate the desert, and to drink with the boy from the Soul of the World. The boy and his heart had become friends, and neither was capable now of betraying the other. When his heart spoke to him, it was to provide a stimulus to the boy, and to give him strength, because the days of silence there in the desert were wearisome. His heart told the boy what his strongest qualities were: his courage in having given up his sheep and in trying to live out his destiny, and his enthusiasm during the time he had worked at the crystal shop."

"With everything that is written, remains a merciful God and do not use the brush but certain to be us."

"With love, there are no rules. Some may try to control their emotions and develop strategies for their behavior; others may turn to reading books of advice from experts on relationships - but this is all folly. The heart decides, and what it decides is all that really matters."

"With love, there are no rules. The heart decides and what it decides is all that really matters."

"With every farewell comes a hidden hope."

"With the rain, falls the wisdom of heaven."

"Wither feeling but it always falls back to wither again."

"With the strength or our love and our will we can change our destiny as well as the destiny of many others."

"Without solitude, Love will not stay long by your side. Because Love needs to rest, so that it can journey through the heavens and reveal itself in other forms. Without solitude, no plant or animal can survive, no soil can remain productive, no child can learn about life, no artist can create, no work can grow and be transformed. Solitude is not the absence of Love, but its complement. Solitude is not the absence of company, but the moment when our soul is free to speak to us and help us decide what to do with our life. Therefore, blessed are those who do not fear solitude, who are not afraid of their own company, who are not always desperately looking for something to do, something to amuse themselves with, something to judge. If you are never alone, you cannot know yourself. And if you do not know yourself, you will begin to fear the void."

"Without such love, one's dreams would have no meaning."

"Wok is the manifestation of love that binds people together."

"Words are tears that have been written down. Tears are words that need to be shed. Without them, joy loses all its brilliance and sadness has no end."

"Women, when they kill themselves, choose far more romantic methods like slashing their wrist or taking an overdose of sleeping pills."

"Work is a blessing when it helps us to think about what we are doing; but it becomes a curse when its sole use is to stop us thinking about the meaning of life."

"Words are life set down on paper."

"Work is the manifestation of love that binds people together."

"Writing is easy: just stare at the screen of your computer until a tear drops on your keyboard."

"Worshiping someone means... placing that person outside of our world. We are not worshiping anyone or anything, we are simply communing with Creation."

"Writing is a socially acceptable form of getting naked in public."

"Yes my mind was flying. I would be there with someone leave my heart alone, someone could live that moment without fear of losing the next day. So the time would pass more slowly; we could also be silent, as would the rest of life for a conversation. I should not be worrying about serious issues, hard choices, hard words."

"Writing is one of the most solitary activities in the world."

"Yes, I'm satisfied, but the problem is you're not, and never will be. You're insecure, afraid of losing everything you've achieved; you don't know how to quit once you're ahead. You'll end up destroying yourself. You're killing our marriage and my love."

"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."

"Yes, my mind was wandering. I wished I were there with someone who could bring peace to my heart someone with whom I could spend a little time without being afraid that i would lose him the next day. With that reassurance, the time would pass more slowly. We could be silent for a while because we'd know we had the rest of our lives together for conversation. I wouldn't have to worry about serious matters, about difficult decisions and hard words."

"Yes, we are going to suffer, we will have difficult times, and we will experience many disappointments- but all of this is transitory; it leaves no permanent mark. And one day we will look back with pride and faith at the journey we have taken."

"You are better, do not worry - she said. - In fact, when we light up our inner light, the first things we see are the cobwebs and dust, our weak points. They were there all the time, only you saw nothing in the darkness. Now it will be easier to cleanse your soul."

"You are a prisoner of your past, and I am as well. If I loved you in life what, I will continue to love you forever! I do not heart, nor soul, nothing! Love everything I have. Existence, but it's just an optical illusion. What you see is love; aspires to the Transfiguration, but there is no time or place to be able to unfold."

"Yet they sense that something is wrong. They can?t quite put their finger on the problem. As time passes, they grow more and more dependent on each other; they are getting older; any opportunities to make a new life are vanishing fast. They try to keep busy doing reading or embroidery, watching television, seeing friends, but there is always the conversation over supper or after supper. He is easily irritated, she is more silent than usual. They can see that they are growing further and further apart, but cannot understand why. They reach the conclusion that this is what marriage is like, but won?t talk to their friends about it; they are the image of the happy couple who support each other and share the same interests. She takes a lover, so does he, but it?s never anything serious, of course. What is important, necessary, essential, is to act as if nothing is happening, because it?s too late to change."

"You are not defeated when you lose. You are defeated when you quit."

"You are not trying to find the answer to a question, you are simply trying to confirm something you desperately want to believe."

"You are capable of explaining everything you feel. Why don't you go to the Emperor and talk to him?"

"You are the only person responsible for your choice."

"You are someone who is different, but who wants to be the same as everyone else. And that in my view is a serious illness. God chose you to be different. Why are you disappointing God with this kind of attitude?"

"You are your own best friend. Never ever, put yourself down."

"You are what you believe yourself to be."

"You came so that you could learn about your dreams, said the old woman. And dreams are the language of God. When he speaks in our language, I can interpret what he has said. But if he speaks in the language of the soul, it is only you who can understand."

"You can do you recognize your soul companion to take the risk, and the risk of falling into error, and disappointment, hope and disillusionment, however, does not stop search for love, the more continued to search the victory comes at the end of the day"