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"She bent her finger and straightened it. The mystery was in the instant before it moved, the dividing moment between not moving and moving, when her intention took effect. It was like a wave breaking. If she could only find herself at the crest, she thought, she might find the secret of herself, that part of her that was really in charge."
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"In the time before Gnan (time before 1958 when Dada Bhagwan got manifested) there was obstinacy within me. 'I' discovered that obstinacy does not let the light of Gnan (Eternal Knowledge) to come through. Then I saw all that obstinacy, and it was destroyed. Thereafter the Gnan (Eternal Knowledge) manifested. One has to observe one's own self that where lies the obstinacies. The Self is an observatory itself."
"If a person does not satisfy the need to self-actualization, his satisfaction and anxiety increases."
"Self-evaluation and assessment should be a major part of our lives as believers."
"How can I be substantial if I do not cast a shadow? I must have a dark side also If I am to be whole."
"We get distracted through employment and rarely have time to discover our true selves."
"Never ever compare yourself with other people. They may have what you don't have, you also have what they may not have. Over-watching what they have is over-looking what you have. Use what you have."
"He wasn't a whole person any longer, but only half of something not yet made."
"The greatest universe is the one within you."
"Discovering your identity is the key to fulfilling your destiny."
"You have what others don't have. This is good news which means you can do what others can't do! You are unique, so are others!"
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"Wasn't writing a kind of soaring, an achievable form of flight, of fancy, of the imagination?"
"In that shrinking moment he discovered that he had never hated anyone until now. It was a feeling as pure as love, but dispassionate and icily rational."
"The light of artistic creation is also blinding.The artist can't see the suffering he causesto those around him. And the'll neverunderstand the purity of his goal, how the heatof his invention won't melt the ice in his heart.He must be ruthless!No religion, no purpose except this:Make something perfect before you die.Life is short, art is for all time."
"It's the essence of a degenerating mind periodically, to lose all sense of continuous self, and therefore any regard for what others think of your lack of continuity."
"If life was a dream, then dying must be the moment when you woke up. It was so simple it must be true. You died, the dream was over, you woke up. That's what people meant when they talked about going to heaven. It was like waking up."
"I've never outgrown that feeling of mild pride, of acceptance, when children take your hand."
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