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"Be true to your sacred self."


"You are a special being."

"I will honor my ancestors in StarClan, but not those who have ever walked in the Dark Forest. Guide my steps wisely, warriors of the past. And warriors of now."

"Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own."

"Discipline is a bridge built through everyday action."


"You can read in the space of a coffin, and you can write in the space of a toolshed meant for mowers and spades."

"It's easy to waste too many words-and too much energy-on nonsense we don't even care about. What a relief it is to start giving time and energy to what matters most (whatever that is for you). We choose what gets our attention. Why not choose things that are worthy of it?When he chose only to speak about things he absolutely believed, knew to be true, or really cared about, he was delighted by how much less talking he needed to do."

"The best thing about the street is not what you've got, it is about what you do with what you've got."

"Every choice in life sets us on a different path and carries its own set of "what ifs and consequences that we could worry about, but what's the use? Rather than plaguing our thoughts with the unknown, we should focus on and accept only what we do know " and all we know is the path we're currently on."

"Excellence does not come from believing in excellence, but from constant change, challenge, and improvement."

"Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised."


"One of the basic Sufi needs is to enable people to see themselves as they really are."

"We each come to create the reality we believe we deserve."

"Sometimes we need to look at everything going wrong in our lives and admit to ourselves, "I am the only common denominator here."


"You don't have to tell me everything right away, but I have to tell you everything right away? Can't you see how stupid that is?"

"She was capable of causing me pain, but no longer any joy. Pain alone kept my wearisome attachment alive."

"Every moment is auspicious. There is always some magic in it."

"Certain things need not be said, and there's nothing, not a whisper, prayer, not a sacrifice, not a payment of any price, that would change what's about to happen."

"His wits have gone dark as his eyes."

"When things get tough, remember this mariner's star. Bring to mind that everything external is designed as a challenge. A test sent to ensure you are actually worthy of acquiring your goal and reward. Recognise them as such and you will always find a way to go through, go round, or ignore them as required."

"Why are so many very smart people not also rich? I guess they are too busy calculating risks rather than getting into action."


"We overcome the world because God is our shield and protection."

"We can't be afraid to change. You may fell secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know there is a such a thing as an ocean, a sea. Holding onto something that is good for you now, maybe the very reason you don't have something better."

"When you believe marriage is your answer, you'll often give something that eventually hurts you both."

"I believe that secularism is not the enemy of spirituality. Our spirits are in fact secular and free. But the enemy of your spirit is materialism which produces legalism. People scramble for the "perfect law" in order fix everything, while failing to see that law only points towards what is material. And so, people find themselves going around in a circle that will never end. The key is to break away from that circle. You have to begin focusing your attention onto what is inside you and what is inside everybody else. This will in turn produce common sense, intuition, and understanding. Then comes strength."


"What you werewill not happen again.the tigers have found meand I do not care."

"The mind is not limited to the thoughts and imagination, but your mind is part of the cosmos of the universe. Your mind is whole awareness field."

"She is Black Girl Excellence. She is Me."

"Don't you ever think that your mind can never harm you just because it is your mind! Your mind can really kill you. From dawn to the time you retire, your mind can be a very good friend to you and your mind can also be your worst friend. What goes into your mind each day becomes your friend so mind your mind!"

"Ah, but dreams cannot be captured with promises,' he said. 'Like water, they elude our grasp. But water is the staff of life. I believe your dream will come true if only because you will not compromise on it and let it go too lightly."

"The, per second great thought investment will yield the best hourly harvest of great life."

"No matter what a woman's appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what she is saying and taken to individualize - as her personal problem - observations she makes about the beauty myth in society."

"When you wish evil on your enemies, remember that you are also someone else's enemy. Matthew 5:44"

"All anyone really wants is to feel appreciated. So if you want to create real, long-lasting relationships, do that."

"Nice work," he said.I grinned."You look like hell, though," he noted."I doubt hell has this much Kool-Aid," I replied."


"If you're reading these words, perhaps it's because something has kicked open the door for you, and you're ready to embrace change. It isn't enough to appreciate change from afar, or only in the abstract, or as something that can happen to other people but not to you. We need to create change for ourselves, in a workable way, as part of our everyday lives."

"As the sky began to darken she sank down in the chair. She had just watched over a thousand Alliance soldiers die in the space of less than a minute. Yet the encounter would be considered a victory, for the enemy was vanquished. But at such a cost. She considered what Alex had asked of her and began to understand."

"Don't give up on your own happy-evers."

"You know there's no such thing as a complete lie. There's always some truth in there."
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