“Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?”
― The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
― The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
“It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.”
― How to Win Friends & Influence People
― How to Win Friends & Influence People
“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
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