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Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon... must inevitably come to pass!
And all these people lived not by reason of any care they had for themselves, but by the love for them that was in other people.
The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.
Sweet souls around us watch us still, press nearer to our side; Into our thoughts, into our prayers, with gentle helpings glide.
We are identifying with what is passing so fear comes. We are trying to make steady and permanent what is by nature impermanent.
Don’t be sad by what you see It’s true life has it’s miseries But one thing’s always worked for me Worry ends when faith begins.
You claim that any promise which gives you the power, and guarantees you the love of God must be the false promise of the devil.
Life is like a library owned by the author. In it are a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him.
Yoga's hard for me, but I know you can really feel the difference when you do it consistently. I'd rather be playing basketball.
Climate change should be seen as the greatest challenge to face man and treated as a much bigger priority in the United Kingdom.
Excitement is the more practical synonym for happiness, and it is precisely what you should strive to chase. It is the cure-all.
If you fall, the truth will set you free. And when your heart can see just one thing in this life, we'll set out on the journey.
Evolution is a tightly coupled dance, with life and the material environment as partners. From the dance emerges the entity Gaia.
The barrier to success is not something which exists in the real world; it is composed purely and simply of doubts about ability.
Freedom is necessary for honesty, honesty for integrity, integrity for power, power for creativity, and all of them for intimacy.
You are therefore in the process of experiencing yourself by creating yourself anew in every single moment. As am I. Through you.
I think it's important for me to show the world that sobriety hasn't made me soft. I'm on a mission to prove I'm still a nutcase.
Besides love and sympathy, animals exhibit other qualities connected with the social instincts which in us would be called moral.
Men go back to the mountains, as they go back to sailing ships at sea, because in the mountains and on the sea they must face up.
Buddha says there are two kinds of suffering: the kind that leads to more suffering and the kind that brings an end to suffering.
We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.
Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us through that darkness to a safe and sane future.
Dogma, static positions, consonance - all these are obstacles to catching the disease of art, at least in its more complex forms.
I feel that I am entitled to my share of lightheartedness and there is nothing wrong with enjoying one's self simply, like a boy.
There are three types of baseball players: Those who make it happen, those who watch it happen and those who wonder what happens.
Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.
It is too often seen, that the wiser men are about the things of this world, the less wise they are about the things of the next.
If you can be kind and considerate for one day, then you can be for another. It won't cost you a penny in the world. Begin today.
Most people, after one success, are so cringingly afraid of doing less well that they rub all the edge off their subsequent work.
People suffer because they are caught in their views. As soon as we release those views, we are free and we don't suffer anymore.
Let us dream of tomorrow where we can truly love from the soul, and know love as the ultimate truth at the heart of all creation.
Philosophers are never happy here. Now is not their time, and here is not their space. They live there, they live somewhere else.
Maturity begins when we're content to feel we're right about something without feeling the necessity to prove someone else wrong.
If people take any notice of what we say, we say we've been through the drug scene, man, and there's nothing like being straight.
If you have your health, if you have people in your life to love, you are blessed. Slow down and enjoy the simple things in life.
Light belongs to the heart and spirit. Light attracts people, it shows the way, and when we see it in the distance, we follow it.
Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different styles.
Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.
If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.
Don't be concerned that things appear to be falling apart: this has to happen in order for something new and wonderful to emerge.
In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.
It's the actors who are prepared to make fools of themselves who are usually the ones who come to mean something to the audience.
Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius.
Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing.
Whenever you think or you believe or you know, you're a lot of other people: but the moment you feel, you're nobody-but-yourself.
I would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent he would be wise to develop a thick hide.
Because this is what happens when you try to run from the past. It just doesn’t catch up, it overtakes … blotting out the future.
With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying.