If you start by promising what you don’t even have yet, you’ll lose your desire to work towards getting it.
PAULO COELHOBe crazy! But learn how to be crazy without being the center of attention. Be brave enough to live different.
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Why is patience so important? Because it makes us pay attention.
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No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it
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People want to change everything and, at the same time, want it all to remain the same.
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Be crazy! But learn how to be crazy without being the center of attention. Be brave enough to live different.
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How much I missed, simply because I was afraid of missing it.
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When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.
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A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires
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We pretend to be strong because we are weak.
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We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation.
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Anyone who loves in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time.
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To realize one’s destiny is a person’s only obligation.
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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.
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When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.
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Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.
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The strongest love is the love that can demonstrate its fragility.
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The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.
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I’ve learned that waiting is the most difficult bit, and I want to get used to the feeling, knowing that you’re with me, even when you’re not by my side.
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Tears are words that need to be written.
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Life is eternal. We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other, to meet, to love, to share. This is a precious moment.
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The moment we begin to seek love, love begins to seek us. And to save us.
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Love is not a habit, a commitment, or a debt. It isn’t what romantic songs tell us it is – love simply is.
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Don’t waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.
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If you love someone, you must be prepared to set them free.
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Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed.
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We have to take love where we find it, even if that means hours, days, weeks of disappointment and sadness.
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Passion makes a person stop eating, sleeping, working, feeling at peace.
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