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Loneliness is the way by which destiny endeavors to lead man to himself.
God does not send us despair in order to kill us; he sends it in order to awaken us to new life.
There is no reality except the one contained within us. That is why so many people live such an unreal life. They take the images outside them for reality and never allow the world within to assert itself.
Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world of ours.
To hold our tongues when everyone is gossiping, to smile without hostility at people and institutions, to compensate for the shortage of love in the world with more love in small, private matters; to be more faithful in our work, to show greater patience, to forgo the cheap revenge obtainable from mockery and criticism: all these are things we can do.
People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
A tree has something to say to us: Be still! Be still! Look at me!... Home is within you, or home is nowhere at all.
We kill at every step, not only in wars, riots and executions. We kill when we close our eyes to poverty, suffering and shame.In the same way all disrespect for life, all hard-heartedness,all indifference, all contempt is nothing else than killing.
Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself
I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.
Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.
Because the world is so full of death and horror, I try again and again to console my heart and pick the flowers that grow in the midst of hell.
When you like someone, you like them in spite of their faults. When you love someone, you love them with their faults.
Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.
I began to understand that suffering and disappointments and melancholy are there not to vex us or cheapen us or deprive us of our dignity but to mature and transfigure us.
To achieve the possible, we must attempt the impossible again and again.
Love your suffering. Do not resist it, do not flee from it. It is only your aversion to it that hurts, nothing else.
Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.
The true profession of a man is to find his way to himself.
If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.
You can ride, you can travel with a friend of your own;The final step you must take alone.No wisdom is better than this when known:That every hard thing is done alone.