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“Suspect each moment, for it is a thief, tiptoeing away with more than it brings.”
― John Updike, A Month of Sundays

“Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better.”
― John Updike

“The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and he does it without destroying something else. ”
― John Updike

“I wonder if you're not over-sensitive about your misfortune. Has it ever struck you to thank God for it? As long as you accept it rebelliously it can only cause you shame. But if you looked upon it as a cross that was given you to bear only because your shoulders were strong enough to bear it, a sign of God's favour, then it would be a source of happiness to you instead of misery.”
― W Somerset Maugham

“The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage

“If you express an intention, consider it the intention of God. How then could you doubt that it could be fulfilled?”
― Vadim Zeland, Reality Transurfing Steps I-V

“When you battle for something it is like you are trying to push your realization into the alternatives space, whereas when you choose something the space comes to you.”
― Vadim Zeland, Reality Transurfing Steps I-V

“The mind is constantly generating thoughts and the voice of the heart is literally drowned out by the ‘thought-churn’ making it difficult to access intuitive knowledge. If you stop the train of thoughts and simply contemplate the emptiness, you will hear the rustle of the morning stars, the inner voice that has no words. The heart could provide answers to many of our questions if only we could hear its voice.”
― Vadim Zeland, Reality Transurfing Steps I-V

“When the mind wants to hope it refuses to listen.”
― Vadim Zeland, Reality Transurfing Steps I-V

“if you ever find yourself in a situation where you know the usual course of events, do something surprising – no matter what – something that does not fit into the standard development of events. The pendulum will be extinguished. The thing is, as long as you are acting according to a given scenario, you accept the pendulum’s game and give away your energy on that frequency.”
― Vadim Zeland

“The objective observer always has the advantage over a direct participant.”
― Vadim Zeland, Reality Transurfing Steps I-V

“Do not watch how other people walk their path to success or try to keep up with them. Do not give in to the herd instinct. You have your own calling. The majority take the roads well-trodden but true success is achieved by the few who refuse to follow the rule “do as I do” and independently tread their own path.”
― Vadim Zeland, Reality Transurfing Steps I-V

“The hardest role to play is the one where you play yourself and allow yourself to remove the mask and be yourself.”
― Vadim Zeland, Reality Transurfing Steps I-V

“Let go of feelings of guilt and the need to justify your actions.”
― Vadim Zeland, Reality Transurfing Steps I-V

“How can you achieve a state of balance in which you combine the decision to have with the abandonment of direct action? The answer is obvious. You have to maintain balanced intention, which means to want without desiring, to take care without worrying, to strive without being distracted and to act without demanding. Balance is destroyed by the excess potential of projected importance. As you already know, the more important the goal the harder it becomes to reach.”
― Vadim Zeland, Reality Transurfing Steps I-V

“The mind can only construct a new model of a house from the bricks of a previous design.”
― Vadim Zeland, Reality Transurfing Steps I-V

“When you go with the flow the world meets you halfway The”
― Vadim Zeland, Reality Transurfing Steps I-V

“Emotions stem from attitudes, therefore you should change your attitude in the first place. Feelings and emotions are nothing but consequences. They are caused by one single thing, importance.”
― Vadim Zeland, Reality Transurfing 1: The Space of Variations

“Everyone is free to choose any destiny they wish. The only freedom we truly have is the freedom”
― Vadim Zeland, Reality Transurfing Steps I-V

“Unless you accept the possibility of defeat you will not eliminate desire.”
― Vadim Zeland, Reality Transurfing Steps I-V

“The reason the work of a genius appeals to you so much is because these creative works are born of the heart. What you choose to create will please others just the same, as long as it originates from the uniqueness of your soul. Everything that is ordinary and mediocre is created by the mind.”
― Vadim Zeland, Reality Transurfing Steps I-V