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Quotes by Brazilian Authors
"Oddly enough I never used to suffer from depression on cold, gray, cloudy days like this. I feel as if nature is in harmony with me, that it reflected my soul. On the other hand, when the sun appeared, the children would come out to play in the streets, and everyone was happy that it was such a lovely day, and then I would feel terrible, as if that display of exuberance in which i could not participate was somehow unfair."
"The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them."
"She had just realized there were two things that prevent us from achieving our dreams: believing them to be impossible or seeing those dreams made possible by some sudden turn of the wheel of fortune, when you least expected it. For at that moment, all our fears suddenly surface: the fear of setting off along a road heading who knows where, the fear of a life full of new challenges, the fear of losing forever everything that is familiar."
"I'm afraid of committing myself, she thought to herself. She wanted to follow all possible paths and so ended up following none."
"A Warrior of the Light makes decisions. His soul is as free as the clouds in the sky, but he is committed to his dream. On his freely chosen path, he often has to get up earlier than he would like, speak to people from whom he learns nothing, make certain sacrifices. His friends say: "You're not free.The Warrior is free. But he knows that an open oven bakes no bread."
"All women have a perception much more developed than men. So all women somehow, being repressed for so many millennia, they ended up by developing this sixth sense and contemplation and love. And this is something that we have a hard time to accept as part of our society."
"The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better. Forget about the future, and live each day according the the teachings, confident that God loves his children. Each day, in itself, brings with it an eternity."
"Loyalty, love and respect perhaps have never been expounded with such agility like this one 'Loyalty has its roots in respect and respect is the fruit of Love, and Love drives out the demons of the imagination " which distrust everything and everyone " and, instead, returns purity to our gaze'. He cites that 'Loyalty can never be imposed by force, fear, insecurity or intimidation'. 'And because it is a choice, it will never tolerate betrayal, but will always be generous with mistakes'."
"We see violence to forcibly seize land, at any price, murders and corruption."
"The more in harmony with yourself you are, the more joyful you are and the more faithful you are. Faith is not to disconnect you from reality - it connects you to reality."
"When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."
"Once a problem is solved, its simplicity is amazing."
"Waiting Hurts. Forgetting Hurts. But not knowing which decision to take is the worst of suffering."
"When I came to America Al Unser, Jr. was very difficult. And Bobby Unser."
"The human voice cannot mount up into these boundless solitudes."
"I have never made a friend from whom I could not separate, and I have never made an enemy that I could not approach."
"I missed out on everything. Sometimes on the street I see teenagers hanging out and going to the movies, going to concerts, and I get so jealous."
"The Universe Conspires....to get what you truly desire."
"The faith must express itself in charity and in solidarity, which is the civil form of charity."
"I know if someone is coming from my right side. I could feel it."
"Everyone, when they are young, knows what their destiny is. At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible."
"Avoid those who seek friends in order to maintain a certain social status or to open doors they would not otherwise be able to approach."
"I have always believed that in the lives of individuals, just as in society at large, the profoundest changes take place within a very reduced time frame.When we least expected it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not ready yet.The challenge will not wait.Life does not look back.A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny."
"In fact, a large majority of those have died and of those expected to die of AIDS, as well as of those who are infected with the virus, are in sub-Saharan Africa."
"And the camel driver had said, to die tomorrow was no worse than dying on any other day. Every day was there to be lived or to mark one's departure from this world."
"Teaching is only demonstrating that it is possible. Learning is making it possible for yourself."
"A person who goes in search of God is wasting his time. He can walk a thousand roads and join many religions and sects"but he'll never find God that way. God is here, right now, at our side. We can see Him in this mist, in the ground we're walking on, even in my shoes. His angels keep watch while we sleep and help us in our work. In order to find God, you have only to look around. But meeting Him is not easy. The more God asks us to participate in Hismysteries, the more disoriented we become, because He asks us constantly tofollow our dreams and our hearts. And that's difficult to do when we're used to living in a different way. Finally we discover, to our surprise, that God wants us to be happy, because He is the father."
"Through F1, I bought my own boat. I learned to fly my own plane and helicopter. And my job with my company is a reflection of everything motor racing taught me."
"She didn't quite know what the relationship was between lunatics and the moon, but it must be a strong one, if they used a word like that to describe the insane."
"However, it must always remain a dialogue, and never an imposition of the church's own convictions and methods. Propose, not impose. To serve, and not to dominate."
"Most urgent is the good First Job Program, that Lula plans to implement, which hasn't got off the ground."
"Love is only a word, until we decide to let it possess us with all its force.Love is only a word, until someone arrives to give it meaning.Don't give up. Remember, it's always the last key on the key ring that opens the door."
"We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path."
"I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life."
"But I'm afraid that it would be all be a disappointment, so I prefer just to dream about it."
"That's all anyone has, and it's always brief, although, of course, some people believe they have a past where they can accumulate things and a future where they will accumulate still more. By the way, speaking of the present moment, do you masturbate a lot?"
"A responsible Warrior is not someone who takes the weight of the world on his shoulders, but someone who has learned to deal with the challenges of the moment."
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