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“People often confuse "goal" and "purpose." A goal is something tangible; a purpose is a direction. A goal can be achieved; a purpose is fulfilled in each moment. We can set ad achieve many goals; a purpose remains constant for life.”

People Moments Purpose Goal Achieve Remains Constant Ads Fulfilled Tangible

Author:Roger Delano Hinkins

“The psychical condition of men's minds may be compared with a set of bells close together, and so arranged that in the ordinary man a bell rings only when one beside it sounds, and the vibration lasts only a moment. In the genius, when a bell sounds it vibrates so strongly that it sets in action the whole series, and remains in action throughout life. The latter kind of movement often gives rise to extraordinary conditions and absurd impulses, that may last for weeks together and that form the basis of the supposed kinship of genius with insanity.”

“Nothing remains the same from one moment to the next, you can't step into the same river twice. Life--evolution--the whole universe of space/time, matter/energy--existence itself--is essentially change.”

Matter Whole Moments Universe Next Energy Space Existence Steps Evolution Rivers Remains Space Time

Book:The Lathe Of Heaven: A Novel

Source: The Lathe Of Heaven: A Novel

“It is the profoundest of cosmic ironies. The divine power, our true spiritual essence, does not achieve perfection until it hits the 'rock' bottom of the cosmos - the dense and crude earth. It remains imperfect until the moment of entombment for the simple reason that until that dark nadir is reached the experiential adventure of existence remains incomplete, and Self is not yet endowed with the entire spectrum of the light of consciousness - from spirit to matter - from the highest high to the lowest low.”

Source: The New Hermetics: 21st Century Magick for Illumination and Power

“Like the ocean that remains calm in its depths even when waves rage over its surface, and like the sun that continues shining on high even during storms, we can at each moment create value and develop our state of life, enjoying our existence to the fullest in times of both suffering and joy.”

Life States Moments Joy Suffering Values Enjoy Existence Sun Ocean Remains Shining Depth Calm Wave Storm Surface Rage Over It Enjoy Life

Author:Daisaku Ikeda

“Perhaps every moment of time lived in human consciousness remains in the air around us.”

Humans Moments Consciousness Air Remains Human Consciousness

Book:A Chorus of Stones: The Private Life of War

Source: A Chorus of Stones: The Private Life of War

“a letter ... changes utterly the moment it slips inside an envelope. It stops being mine. It becomes yours. What I mean is gone. What you understand is all that remains.”

Mean Moments Gone Mines Letters Remains Slips Envelopes All That Remains

Author:Cathleen Schine