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“If you are waiting for the perfect spouse, you are waiting for the perfect disappointment.”

“If you press grapes, wine will pour out; if you crush roses, perfume will pour out; if you afflict the talented, genius will pour out.”

“When people try to pull you down, remember, they had to look up to do so.”

“As only dead leaves allow the wind to blow them to and fro, never allow yourself to be swayed by popular opinion.”

“An egg's true value is only known when it is broken.”

“The world accommodates you for fitting in, but only rewards you for standing out.”

“To avoid enemies, say nothing; to avoid critics, do nothing; to avoid haters, be nothing; but to avoid mediocrity, ignore all.”

“Grief gives you a hundred reasons to cry; hope gives you a thousand reasons to smile, joy gives you a million reasons to laugh, and love gives you billion reasons to rejoice.”

“Learn from seeds; they don’t die when you throw dirt at them; they grow.”

“Respect your haters; they are always the first to show you that you are better than them.”

“Ignore those who resent you. Avoid those who begrudge you. Excuse those who envy you. Pity those who hate you.”

“A beautiful rose with an ugly soul wilts quickly.”

“When you look up and don’t see the stars, the universe may have cleared the sky for you to replace them.”

“Ears for wisdom, hands for work, eyes for opportunities, and a mouth for thanks.”

“If an ant carries an object a hundred times its weight, you can carry burdens many times your size.”

“The greatest weight a bird has to drop before it can fly is fear.”

“You looked for the station but couldn't find it; you found it but the train didn't come; the train came but left without stopping; the train stopped, you got on, but it broke down; the train didn't break down, it set off, but it had an accident on the way; the train didn't have an accident, you arrived at your destination, but you didn't like where you arrived and wanted to go back! If you're wondering what all these and similar absurdities are, they're simply life itself!”

“If the sky had no tears, the world would have no rainbows.”

“When you realize you can't control everything in life, there's a wonderful sense of relief, along with a sense of defeat! And now, hold on tight, my friend, in that relief of acceptance, sometimes even that uncontrollable thing comes under control—as if an invisible hand were doing you a favour! This is probably the universe's beautiful gesture in response to your acceptance of defeat!”

“A wolf can only mock a lion thousands of miles away.”

“If a woman laughs when you hurt her, you ought to cry, for you have lost her; if she cries, you may laugh, for you have a worthy soulmate.”

“You have come out of the darkness into the light, you are ecstatically happy, but that is only part of the story, because you will go back into the darkness, you will be sad, you will be afraid, but that is only part of the story! The light will shine on you again, but now you will not be ecstatically happy, because now you know that stories often change, they will change!”

“Sometimes everything is ready in your favour, all the conditions are right for you, all the obstacles have allowed you, all that remains is for you to take action now, and not taking action at such times is such a great stupidity that even if you do take action later, everything will fall on you, everything that allowed you to do so will now try to take revenge on you!”

“There will be times in life when you will leave the light and walk into the darkness; the most important thing here is not to get lost in the darkness and return to the light! If you return, you will be much stronger than your old self, if you cannot return, neither your old self nor your new self will remain!”