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"The condition you're in at this moment is the product of your previous thoughts, to change your condition, change your thoughts."
Personal Development

"And there wasn't anything he wanted to do that he couldn't make time for. What did he have to mope about, really? What more did he want? Love, he could hear Eve saying. Purpose. Love. Purpose. Those are the things that you can't plan for. Those are the things that just happen. And what if they don't happen? Do you spend your whole life pining for them? Waiting to be happy?"

"It can be a beautiful experience to look for the magic that is hidden within the realm of our lives, but let's not let the process blind us to the majesty that is right in front of us."

"Your life is a reflection. you don't get what you WANT, you get what you ARE. You gotta BE it to SEE it."

"You wait for fate to bring about the changes in life which you should be bringing about by yourself."
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"Love doesn't grow on trees like apples in Eden - it's something you have to make. And you must use your imagination too."

"It is a tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know - the less a man knows, the more sure it is that he knows everything."

"Religion is organized to satisfy and guide the soul - politics does the same thing for the body."

"Remember I'm an artist. And you know what that means in a court of law. Next worst to an actress."

"God is a character, a real and consistent being, or He is nothing. If God did a miracle He would deny His own nature and the universe would simply blow up, vanish, become nothing."

"For good and evil, man is a free creative spirit. This produces the very queer world we live in, a world in continuous creation and therefore continuous change and insecurity."

"The will is never free - it is always attached to an object, a purpose. It is simply the engine in the car - it can't steer."

"I look upon life as a gift from God. I did nothing to earn it. Now that the time is coming to give it back, I have no right to complain."
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