People learn twenty-five percent from their teacher, twenty-five percent from listening to themselves, twenty-five percent from their friends, and twenty-five percent from time.
Fear exists until the moment when the unavoidable happens, after that we must waste none of our energy on it.
We need to clear our minds of bad thoughts.
Anyone who has known happiness will never again be able humbly to accept sadness.
Everything new troubles us. Life catches us unawares and obliges us to journey towards the unknown, even when we do not want to, even when we do not need to.
When we have great treasures before us, we can never see them.
When someone wants something then they should be aware that they are taking a risk. But this is precisely what makes life interesting.
There is a language that is beyond words. If I can learn to decipher that language without words, I will be able to decipher the world.
Every human being has inside them something more important than him or herself - his or her Gift.
It's in the present that lies the secret: if you pay attention to the present you will be able to enhance it.
May we understand that fear of failure is worse than failure itself
If you have a past with which you feel dissatisfied, then forget it. Now.
A prayer couched in the words of the soul, is far more powerful than any ritual.
If you have a past with which you feel dissatisfied, then forget it, now. Imagine a new story for your life and believe in it. Focus only on the moments when you achieved what you desired, and that strength will help you to get what you want.
No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn't know it.
A fall from the third floor hurts as much as a fall from the hundredth. If I have to fall, may it be from a high place.
Join with those who sing, tell stories, talk pleasure in life, and have joy in their eyes, because joy is contagious, and can prevent others from becoming paralysed by depression, loneliness and difficulties.
Esther, however, was the only woman who understood one very simple thing: in order to be able to find her, I first had to find myself.
Don't ask permission to be happy. Don't beg for forgiveness. Just do it.
fate is strange.. almost no one i know married the first love of their lives. but for those who did are always telling me that they missed soemthing important, that they didn’t experience all that they might have.." - by the river piedra i sat down and wept
Learn from someone who has already been up there: no matter how unique you feel, there is always someone who has had the same dream before you and ended up leaving marks that can make your journey easier; places to hang the rope, trails, broken branches to make the walking easier. The climb is yours, so is the responsibility, but don't forget that the experience of others can help a lot.
I think the big danger of madness is not madness itself, but the habit of madness. What I discovered during the time I spent in the asylum is that I could choose madness and spend my whole life without working, doing nothing, pretending to be mad. It was a very strong temptation.
When the songs of your heart start singing, you should listen...for its harmony will bring you happiness and the melody is the voice of your true spirit.
If you want to understand love, first learn about freedom.
The great conquest is the result of small, unnoticed victories.
