“All great religions hold the power to enslave & the power to enlighten...”
“You praise man who has the ability to perform great actions. I admire man who can deal with great pain and knows no despair.”
“Strength Immaculate”
“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”
“We must become so alone, so utterly alone, that we withdraw into our innermost self. It is a way of bitter suffering. But then our solitude is overcome, we are no longer alone, for we find that our innermost self is the spirit, that it is God, the indivisible. And suddenly we find ourselves in the midst of the world, yet undisturbed by its multiplicity, for our innermost soul we know ourselves to be one with all being.”
“My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.”
“My spirit. This is a new thought. I m not sure exactly what it means, but it suggests I m a fighter. In a sort of brave way. It s not as if I m never friendly. Okay, maybe I don t go around loving everybody I meet, maybe my smiles are hard to come by, but i do care for some people.”
“My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus. [The Science of Second-Guessing (New York Times Magazine Interview, December 12, 2004)]”
“As I grow older, much older, I will experience many things, and I will hit rock bottom again and again. Again and again I will suffer; again and again I will get back on my feet. I will not be defeated. I won t let my spirit be destroyed.”
“It had to be a mad dream, one that would give her the courage she would need to discard the prejudices of a class that had not always been hers but had become hers more than anyone’s. It had to teach her to think of love as a state of grace: not the means to anything but the alpha and omega, an end in itself.”
“Idealisme adalah kemewahan terakhir yang hanya dimiliki oleh pemuda.”
“Toxic relationships are dangerous to your health; they will literally kill you. Stress shortens your lifespan. Even a broken heart can kill you. There is an undeniable mind-body connection. Your arguments and hateful talk can land you in the emergency room or in the morgue. You were not meant to live in a fever of anxiety; screaming yourself hoarse in a frenzy of dreadful, panicked fight-or-flight that leaves you exhausted and numb with grief. You were not meant to live like animals tearing one another to shreds. Don t turn your hair gray. Don t carve a roadmap of pain into the sweet wrinkles on your face. Don t lay in the quiet with your heart pounding like a trapped, frightened creature. For your own precious and beautiful life, and for those around you — seek help or get out before it is too late. This is your wake-up call!”
“Well, even if the serpent bites off your head,” says Tatterfell, “the rest of you will still look good.” “That’s the spirit,” I tell her.”
“If you let people break your spirit and detour you from your path, then you have not been true to yourself or those you re here to touch, those who believe in you.”
“I challenge every one of you who can hear me to rise to the divinity within you. Do we really realize what it means to be a child of God, to have within us something of the divine nature?”
“Let each man take the path according to his capacity, understanding and temperament. His true guru will meet him along that path.”
“My spirit will rise from the grave and the world will see i was right.”