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The Dolphin, Story of a Dreamer

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Sergio Bambaren
Sergio Bambaren

Sergio Bambaren (born December 1, 1960) is an Italian author renowned for his inspirational and spiritual literature. He gained international fame through his allegorical stories that blend wisdom with healing narratives. His most celebrated work, "The Dolphin," has become a classic in spiritual literature, translated into dozens of languages worldwide. Bambaren's writing style is characterized by warmth and philosophical depth, often using animal characters to convey messages about life, love, and personal growth. more

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“It is therefore of supreme importance that we consent to live not for ourselves but for others. When we do this we will be able first of all to face and accept our own limitations. As long as we secretly adore ourselves, our own deficiencies will remain to torture us with an apparent defilement. But if we live for others, we will gradually discover that no expects us to be 'as gods'. We will see that we are human, like everyone else, that we all have weaknesses and deficiencies, and that these limitations of ours play a most important part in all our lives. It is because of them that we need others and others need us. We are not all weak in the same spots, and so we supplement and complete one another, each one making up in himself for the lack in another.”

“I've often thought that if I hadn't got what I wanted things might have been different with me. I might have found something in my mind and enjoyed putting it in circulation. I might have been content with the work of it, and had some sweet vanity out of the success. I suppose that at one time I could have had anything I wanted, within reason, but that was the only thing that I wanted with any fervour. God! And that taught me you can't have anything, you can't have anything at all. Because desire just cheats you. It's like a sunbeam skipping here and there about the room. It stops and gilds some inconsequential object, and we poor fools try to grasp it - but when we do the sunbeam moves on to something else, and you've got the inconsequential part, but the glitter that made you want it is gone-”