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“I’d want them to know that everyone has their own rules for living and few people actually live by them all. So, although I may not have lived up to all of my rules and expectations in this book, I’d want them to know that I tried, and the reason I tried was for them, and if I broke them, they were broken with the best of intentions.”

“And that’s the message. That’s it. That’s all. Nothing more than what happens when things come together, when hydrogen, say, meets oxygen, or a story from then meets a story from now, or stone meets water meets girl meets boy meets bird meets hand meets wing meets bone meets light meets dark meets eye meets word meets world meets grain of sand meets thirst meets hunger meets need meets dream meets real meets same meets different meets death meets life meets end meets beginning all over again, the story of nature itself, ever-inventive, making one thing out of another, and one thing into another, and nothing lasts, and nothing’s lost, and nothing ever perishes, and things can always change, because things will always change, and things will always be different, because things can always be different.”

“It was Don Paolo's birthday and all the people of the village were gathered in the piazza to celebrate him. The band played, the wine flowed, the children danced, and, as he stood for a moment alone under the pergola, a little girl approached the the beloved priest. "But Don Paolo, are you not happy?" she asked him. "Of course I am happy," he assured the little girl. "Why, then, aren't you crying?”

“Our boundless optimism is what keeps us, self-starters alive, but there is a thin line between being an optimist and being delusional.”

“THE UNFORESEEN Lord never grant me what I ask for, The unforeseen delights me, what comes down from your fair stars; let life deal out before me all at once the cards against which I must play, I want the shock of going silently along my dark street, feeling that I am tapped upon the shoulder, turning about, and seeing the face of adventure. I do not want to know where and how I shall meet death. Caught unaware, may my soul learn at the turn of a corner that one step back it still lived.”

“Svemir nije uska stvar, poredak u njemu nije ograničen nijednom zakonom stvaranja da bi se ono što postoji u jednom dijelu moralo ponoviti u bilo kojem drugom. Čak i u ovom svijetu više stvari postoji bez našeg znanja nego s njim, a red u stvaranju koji vidite onaj je koji ste sami uspostavili, poput niti u labirintu da ne izgubite put.”

“We might be in search of “The Buddha”. Please simplify your search. Instead of “The Buddha” please go on a look out for “Your Buddha”. Its closer than you think and much more powerful than you can even imagine.”

“Life every now and then becomes literature [...] long enough to be what we best remember, and often enough so that what we eventually come to mean by life are those moments when life, instead of going sideways, backwards, forward, or nowhere at all, lines out straight, tense and inevitable, with a complication, climax, and, given some luck, a purgation, as if life had been made and not happened.”

“तुम्हारा अच्छा होना, मुझे बुरा नहीं बनाता। तुम्हारा समझदार होना, मुझे मूर्ख नहीं बनाता।”

“We all owe it ourselves to stand for something. Principles give us a foundation — solid ground we can trust and build on as we continue to redefine what's possible in our own lives. Sure, some will be put off by your dedication and level of effort. Others will call you obsessed or think that you've gone crazy. When they do, smile and say, "I'm not crazy. I'm just not you.”