

“The deepest secret is that life is not a process of discovery, but a process of creation. You are not discovering yourself, but creating yourself anew. Seek therefore, not to find out Who You Are, but seek to determine Who You Want to Be.”
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“Stop looking all over the place for "the answers" - whatever they are - and start looking for the questions - the inquiries which are most important in your life, and give them answers. You do not live each day to discover what it holds for you, but to create it.”
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“Start telling the truth now and never stop. Begin by telling the truth to yourself about yourself. Then tell the truth to yourself about someone else. Then tell the truth about yourself to another. Then tell the truth about another to that other. Finally, tell the truth to everyone about everything. These are the 5 levels of truth telling. This is the five-fold path to freedom.”
― Conversations With God: An Uncommon Dialogue, Book 2
― Conversations With God: An Uncommon Dialogue, Book 2

“Khi nghèo thì phải tận lực chiến đấu với cảnh nghèo vì phải đủ ăn thì mới giữ được sự độc lập và tư cách của mình. Nhưng khi đủ ăn rồi thì đừng nên làm giàu, phải để thì giờ làm những việc hữu ích mà không vì danh vì lợi. Giá trị của ta ở chỗ làm được nhiều việc như vậy hay không.”
― Hồi Kí Nguyễn Hiến Lê
― Hồi Kí Nguyễn Hiến Lê

“There are those who say that seeing is believing. I am telling you that believing is seeing.”
― Home with God: In a Life That Never Ends
― Home with God: In a Life That Never Ends
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