26 quotes
Sometimes, when loneliness seems about to crush everything, the only way to resist is to keep on loving.
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Love rules, but no one knows where it has its throne; in order to know that secret place, you must first submit to Love.
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It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
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We love because Love sets us free, and we say things that we once never even had the courage to whisper to ourselves.
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Our great goal in life is to love. The rest is silence.
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My smile is my way of saying: ‘You can destroy my body, but not my soul.’
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When we are walking our chosen path, we walk elegantly, emanating light.
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Let us plunge together, then, down the dangerous path of surrender. It may be dangerous, but it is the only path worth following.
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We need to love. Even when it leads us to the land where the lakes are made of tears, to that secret, mysterious place, the land of tears!
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Joy. That is one of the main blessings of the All-Powerful. If we are happy, we are on the right road.
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Now that I am at the end of my life, I leave for those who come after me everything that I learned while I walked the face of this Earth. May they make good use of it.
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Stay close to those who sing, tell stories, enjoy life and whose eyes sparkle with happiness. Because happiness is contagious and will always manage to find a solution whereas logic can find only an explanation for the mistake made.
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The defeated are those who never fail. Defeat means that we lose a particular battle or war. Failure does not allow us to go on fighting.
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For the first time, I will smile without feeling guilty, because joy is not a sin... For the first time, I will avoid anything that makes me suffer, because suffering is not a virtue.
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Those who were never defeated seem happy and superior, masters of a truth they never had to lift a finger to achieve. They are always on the side of the strong. They’re like hyenas, who only eat the leavings of lions.
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And if I’m alone in bed, I will go over to window, look up at the sky and feel certain that loneliness is a lie, because the Universe is there to keep me company.
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In the cycle of nature there is no such thing as victory or defeat; there is only movement. The winter struggles to reign supreme, but in the end is obliged to accept spring’s victory, which brings with it flowers and happiness.
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Defeat is for those who, despite their fears, live with enthusiasm and faith. Defeat is for the valiant. Only they will know the honour of losing and the joy of winning.
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We were born alone and we will die alone. But, while we are on this planet, we must accept and glorify our act of faith through other people.
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That feeling of uselessness is no respecter of age and never asks permission, but corrodes people’s souls, repeating over and over: ‘No one is interested in you, you’re nothing, the world doesn’t need your presence.’
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