Great Throughts Treasury

"At that moment, Maria learned that certain things are lost forever."

"At that moment, his angel whispers: ?You are only an instrument of the light. There is no reason to feel proud or to feel guilty; there are only reasons to fulfil your destiny."

"At that moment, it seemed to him that time stood still, and the Soul of the World surged within him. When he looked into her dark eyes, and saw that her lips were poised between a laugh and silence, he learned the most important part of the language that all the world spoke?the language that everyone on earth was capable of understanding in their heart. It was love. Something older than humanity, more ancient than the desert. Something that exerted the same force whenever two pairs of eyes met, as had theirs here at the well."

"At some point, you will begin your decadence, you crossed half of the trail, but not all, you are half happy and half miserable, is frustrated and unsure step. Neither cold nor hot, you're luke-warm."

"At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible. They are not afraid to dream, and to yearn for everything they would like to see happen to them in their lives. But, as time passes, a mysterious force begins to convince them that it will be impossible for them to realize their destiny."

"At this time stopped many people from life, they do not get angry and do not cry... just waiting for the time passes do not accept the challenges of life, and so no longer challenge them life."

"At this moment, many people have stopped living. They do not become angry, nor cry out; they merely wait for time to pass. They did not accept the challenges of life, so life no longer challenges them."

"At these times, the adversary appears holding two boards. Written on one board: Think more of yourself. Keep your blessings to yourself, otherwise you will lose everything. The other board reads: who are you to help others? Can?t you even see your own defects? A warrior of the light knows he has defects. But he also knows he cannot grow alone, and distance himself from his companions. So he throws both boards to the ground, even though he believes they contain some truth deep down. They turn to dust, and the warrior continues to help those near him."

"At the foreigners who are afraid to be arrested on charges of sexual harassment."

"Be blessed. And just as you are transforming your own life, may you transform the lives of those around you. When they ask, do not forget to give. When they knock at your door, be sure to open it. When they lose something and come to you, do whatever you can to help them find what they have lost. First, though, ask; knock at the door and find what is missing in your life. A hunter always knows what to expect - eat or be eaten."

"Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience."

"Be crazy! But learn how to be crazy without being the center of attention. Be brave enough to live different"

"Be creative. Remember that we only learnt how to fly when we stopped imitating birds."

"Avoiding problems you need to face is avoiding life you need to live."

"Basically, everything that happens in our life is our fault and ours alone. A lot of people go through the same difficulties we went through, and they react completely differently. We looked for the easiest way out: a separate reality."

"Be proud of the scars in your soul. They will help and teach you."

"Be like the fountain that overflows, not like the cistern that merely contains."

"Be transparent in your actions and secret in your plans."

"Be quite sure, the words we will hear on that day will come not from theology, not from the saints, not from the churches. They will come from the hungry and from the poor. They will come not from creeds and doctrines. They will come from the naked and the homeless. They will come not from Bibles and books of prayer. They will come from the glasses of water that we gave or did not give."

"Be ye therefore as wise as the serpents and as harmless as the doves."

"Beauty, love my daughter, it is never forever."

"Beauty is present in all creation, but the danger lies in the fact that we allow ourselves to be influenced by what people think. We deny our own beauty because others can't or won't recognize it. We try to imitate what we see around us. We try to be what other people think of as 'pretty' and little by little, our soul fades. We forget the world is what we imagine it to be. We stop being the sun and become, instead, the pool of water reflecting it."

"Beauty exists not in sameness but in difference."

"Beauty is the greatest seducer of men."

"Because after having overcome the defeats - and we always overcome them - we feel much more euphoria and confidence. In the silence of our hearts, we know we are worthy of the miracle of life. Each day, each hour, is part of the Good Combat. We begin to live with enthusiasm and pleasure. Very intense and unexpected suffering begins passing faster than apparently tolerable suffering: that drags on for years, eroding our soul without us noticing what is happening - until one day we can no longer free ourselves of the bitterness, and it accompanies us for the rest of our lives."

"Became tired after wounds, but the boy believed."

"Because a warrior of light knows that he has duties and responsibilities."

"Because all my life I've learned to suffer in silence."

"Because it seemed too simple to accept that life was an act of faith."

"Because I've suffered. Because many times in my life I have tried to love with all my heart, and my love has wound up being trampled or betrayed."

"Because of that she had never had enough energy to be herself, a person who, like everyone else in the world, needed other people in order to be happy. But other people were so difficult. They reacted in unpredictable ways, they surrounded themselves with defensive walls, they behaved just as she did, pretending they didn't care about anything. When someone more open to life appeared, they either rejected them outright or made them suffer, consigning them to being inferior, ingenuous."

"Because fake orgasms achieved with the same artistic quality of the most famous and talented movie star."

"Because ever since your goal found out that you were traveling toward it, it has been running to meet you."

"Because he does not know what it is to spend months and years doing nothing. Either because he does not love what he does; no one wishes to be separated from the woman he loves, no one wants to stop doing that which he loves. Or it is because there is no dignity in his going about his work - he has forgotten that work was created to help man, not humiliate him."

"Because I know the things I should be able to accomplish, and I don't want to do so."

"Because if it's not love just remain silent as the desert, or explore the world like the wind. Nor love's name if you only see things from a distance."

"Because it is a process of alchemy: it transforms a vast manifestation of spiritual energy, which is love, into a physical gesture."

"Because I don?t live in either my past or my future. I?m interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you?ll be a happy man. You?ll see that there is life in the desert, that there are stars in the heavens, and that tribesmen fight because they are part of the human race. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival because life is the moment we?re living right now."

"Because the people all of whom believe they know exactly how we should be of our lives,"

"Because that is what real success means: enriching your life, not cramming your coffers with gold."

"Because there is a force that wants you to realize your Personal Legend, it whets your appetite with a taste of success."

"Because people always kill the things they love."

"Because the act of surrender means: I trust you."

"Because time isn't something that always proceeds at the same pace. It is we who determine how quickly time passes."

"Because when everyone dreams, but only a few realize their dreams that makes cowards of us all."

"Because we managed to keep our heart open, despite the pain. Because we realized that the person who left us did not take the sun with them or leave darkness in their place."

"Because true love never keeps a man from pursuing his destiny."

"Because there is no honest debt. Debt of Love."

"Because when we love, we always strive to become better than we are."

"Because who wants to be different has to suffer hardship."