“The secret to happiness: resist nothing and allow everything.
The secret to contentment: revere everything.
The secret to enlightenment: there is no secret.”
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The secret to contentment: revere everything.
The secret to enlightenment: there is no secret.”
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“Everybody is looking for happiness, as if happiness is hidden somewhere! But you must realise that happiness is everywhere, not hidden in a secret corner of life! You are a bee and everywhere is full of flowers; do not try to find a particular flower; concentrate on every flower; try to extract happiness from ever simple thing!”
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“Freedom can neither be underestimated nor overestimated.”
― how gratitude can give you more?
― how gratitude can give you more?
“Men are free to choose whether they wish to live for God or against Him and therefore to opt for heaven or for hell. We must recognize that God has made everything to make man happy, and in accordance with this plan, God asks man to obey the laws that He has established; but God has also given man the ability to refuse this truth. This is the situation in which all of us are placed.”
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“If my beloved were a king,
I couldst not love him more.
Were he a jester to make men laugh,
My love I would implore.
But, alas, my love is but a man,
Of heart and soul so free.
And I couldst no more break my vow,
Than break the heart in me.”
― Castles: Kingdom Divided / Alas My Love / If Only / Five Geese Flying
I couldst not love him more.
Were he a jester to make men laugh,
My love I would implore.
But, alas, my love is but a man,
Of heart and soul so free.
And I couldst no more break my vow,
Than break the heart in me.”
― Castles: Kingdom Divided / Alas My Love / If Only / Five Geese Flying
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