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“Though it may be interesting to know how many hairs there are on the human head, or how the giant red spot on the surface of Jupiter was formed, the real truths we are interested in are those about...”
“He found solace in what he wrote. It was an attempt to discover who he was at the moment.”
“I don't think everyone wants to create the great American novel, but we all have a dream of telling our stories-of realizing what we think, feel, and see before we die. Writing is a path to meet ou...”
“Search yourself with other persons and you will find the right you.”
“Discover your sacred soul.”
“A journey is a gesture inscribed in space, it vanishes even as it's made. You go from one place to another place, and on to somewhere else again, and already behind you there is no trace that you w...”
“A wise man travels to discover himself.”
“In suffering we find our truest selves.”
“Suffering is an essential component of life. No person escapes suffering, which is indivisible from life itself. Suffering is what places in in contact with the self; it is what allows us to unders...”
“A writer must be willing to leave oneself behind in order to explore new territories of the mind and unearth primordial truths that startle and frighten us.”
“And you? When will you begin that long journey into yourself?”
“If you get the inside right, the outside will fall into place. Primary reality is within; secondary reality without.”
“It was like discovering that some part of you wasn't yours at all. And it made me wonder what else I couldn't claim.”
“I am proud that I defy your categories. I am proud that I don't fit easily into any box. I am proud of all the things I am and all the things i can be. Question yourself every time you think you on...”
“It was the most amazing feeling in the world. to know that something right happened, and to know that it had happened not through luck or command but simply because it was right.”
“You find out who you are by figuring out who and what you're not”
“I suppose the shock of recognition is one of the nastiest shocks of all.”
“Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.”
“We are not taught "love thy neighbor unless their skin is a different color from yours " or "love thy neighbor unless they don't make money as you do" or "love thy neighbor unless they don't share ...”
“You don't realize - the great thing about change is how quickly we get used to it. So I'm not complaining. the more things change,the more they don't stay the same. Don't let anyone tell you otherw...”
