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“It is not necessary to move mountains in order to prove one's faith.”

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Paulo Coelho, born on August 24, 1947, is a renowned Brazilian author and lyricist. His works are characterized by profound philosophical thoughts and rich imagination, with his most famous novel being 'The Alchemist'. more

“By the River Piedra I sat down and wept. There is a legend that everything that falls into the waters of this river -- leaves, insects, the feathers of birds -- is transformed into the rocks that make the riverbed. If only I could tear out my heart and hurl it into the current, then my pain and longing would be over, and I could finally forget.”

Ifs Heart Would Be Pain Fall Water Forget Rocks Tears My Heart Bird Rivers Down And Longing Currents Sat Legends Transformed Insects Feathers

Author:Paulo Coelho

“Jas, whatever Tom has under his trousers is between you and him.”

Toms Trousers

Author:Louise Rennison

“Sleep is still most perfect, in spite of hygienists, when it is shared with a beloved.”

Stills Sleep Perfect Beloved Spite

Book:Sons and Lovers: Top Novelist Focus

Source: Sons and Lovers: Top Novelist Focus

“This mirror inside me shows. I can’t say what, but I can’t not know. I run from body. I run from spirit. I do not belong anywhere.”

Knows I Can Shows Body Running Spiritual Spirit Mirrors

Book:Selected poems

Source: Selected poems

“Be certain that in the religion of Love there are no believers and unbelievers. LOVE embraces all.”

Love Spiritual Certain Embrace Believer Unbelievers

Author:Rumi

“Some lives, conducted with grace, are beautiful arcs bridging this world to eternity.”

World Beautiful Grace This World Eternity Arcs

Book:Life Expectancy

Source: Life Expectancy

“I want to leave, to go somewhere where I should be really in my place, where I would fit in . . . but my place is nowhere; I am unwanted.”

Want Should Fit Existentialism Unwanted Nausea

Author:Jean-Paul Sartre

“The happy life does not mean loving what we possess, but possessing what we love." Possession of the beloved, St. Thomas holds, takes place in an act of cognition, in seeing, in intuition, in contemplation.”

Mean Doe Seeing Possession Intuition Beloved Contemplation Happy Life Possessing Cognition St Thomas

Author:Josef Pieper

“It is not possible to make great buildings, or great towns, beautiful places, places where you feel yourself, places where you feel alive, except by following this way. And, as you will see, this way will lead anyone who looks for it to buildings which are themselves as ancient in their form, as the trees and hills, and as our faces are.”

Way Feels Looks Beautiful Faces Form Alive Tree Building Towns Ancient Following Hills Beautiful Places

Book:The Timeless Way of Building

Source: The Timeless Way of Building

“What distinguishes - in both senses of that word - contemplation is rather this: it is a knowing which is inspired by love. "Without love there would be no contemplation." Contemplation is a loving attainment of awareness. It is intuition of the beloved object.”

Would Be Knowing Awareness Objects Inspired Intuition Senses Beloved Contemplation Attainment Without Love

Author:Josef Pieper

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