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Better to dream than to be.


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The value of things is not the time they last, but the intensity with which they occur. That is why there are unforgettable moments and unique people!

The value of things is not the time they last, but the intensity with which they occur. That is why there are unforgettable moments and unique people!



Life is what we make of it. Travel is the traveler. What we see isn't what we see but what we are.

Life is what we make of it. Travel is the traveler. What we see isn't what we see but what we are.



My soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments, what fiddlestrings and harps, drums and tamboura I sound and clash inside myself. All I hear is the symphony.

My soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments, what fiddlestrings and harps, drums and tamboura I sound and clash inside myself. All I hear is the symphony.



The slope takes you to the windmill, but effort takes you nowhere.

The slope takes you to the windmill, but effort takes you nowhere.



We never love anyone. What we love is the idea we have of someone. It's our own concept—our own selves—that we love.

We never love anyone. What we love is the idea we have of someone. It's our own concept—our own selves—that we love.



There are no norms. All people are exceptions to a rule that doesn’t exist.

There are no norms. All people are exceptions to a rule that doesn’t exist.



Everything interests me, but nothing holds me.

Everything interests me, but nothing holds me.



I am nothing. I'll never be anything. I couldn't want to be something. Apart from that, I have in me all the dreams in the world.

I am nothing. I'll never be anything. I couldn't want to be something. Apart from that, I have in me all the dreams in the world.



It's been a long time since I've been me.

It's been a long time since I've been me.



I bear the wounds of all the battles I avoided.

I bear the wounds of all the battles I avoided.





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You can't think in nothing, nothing in reality is something.

You can't think in nothing, nothing in reality is something.



Let not the tongue give utterance to the evil that is in thine heart, but command thy tongue to be silent until good shall prevail over evil.

Let not the tongue give utterance to the evil that is in thine heart, but command thy tongue to be silent until good shall prevail over evil.



You are the only one who creates in your experience - no one else. Everything that comes to you comes by the power of your thought.

You are the only one who creates in your experience - no one else. Everything that comes to you comes by the power of your thought.



Ego is impurity. Be selfless. Consecrate and dedicate your life to perfection.

Ego is impurity. Be selfless. Consecrate and dedicate your life to perfection.



The photographs don't arouse me. All I can think about is the hard work it took to make them.

The photographs don't arouse me. All I can think about is the hard work it took to make them.



I still love doing what I do, and I'm really lucky to get up in the morning and want to go to work.

I still love doing what I do, and I'm really lucky to get up in the morning and want to go to work.



My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.

My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.



When we think good thoughts and choose the actions that make us feel good, Life provides us with all the evidence we need that we are loved and cared for.

When we think good thoughts and choose the actions that make us feel good, Life provides us with all the evidence we need that we are loved and cared for.



I’m not anything that you think I am.

I’m not anything that you think I am.




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