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“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.”
― Helen Keller, The Open Door

“Why do I fall in love with every woman I see that shows me the least bit of attention?”
― Charlie Kaufman, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: The Shooting Script

“He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.”
― Lao Tzu

“He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

“He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.”
― Lao Tzu

“The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot
learn, feel, change, grow or love.
Chained by his certitude, he is a slave; he has forfeited his freedom.
Only the person who risks is truly free.”
― Leo Buscaglia

“If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever. Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change, free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is a law, and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.”
― Dan Millman, Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives