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“There are people who want to change the world, make it a better place... but what they don’t know, is that to make a difference in the life of one person and to make a single person’s life a better thing to live, is just as valuable as changing the whole world. And most of the time, that’s the only thing that we should be doing. You can gain the whole world but lose your own soul in the process, and in that case, the whole world just isn’t worth it.”
― C. JoyBell C.

tags: changing-the-world, inspirational-quotes, living-for-your-own-soul, losing-your-own-soul, saving-your-own-soul, the-value-of-a-single-life, wisdom-quotes

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“She was in love,
but not in love with
someone or something;
she was in love with her
life.”
― Robert M. Drake, Black Butterfly

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“The love of your life, is not the person who traps you into themselves; but the love of your life, is the person who sets you free from so many of the traps that you are already in! The love of your life, is not the person who blinds you to everyone else; but the love of your life, is the person who removes the many blindfolds that have accumulated on you, in your life. The lover for you, is the one who sets you free into themselves. You are freed from bondages, and inside of that freedom, stands that person! THAT is the lover for you!”
― C. JoyBell C.

tags: inspirational-quotes, life-and-love, the-love-of-your-life, the-lover-for-you, the-one-for-you, wisdom-quotes

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“How do you know if something is real? That’s easy. Does it change you? Does it form you? Does it give you wings? Does it give you roots? Does it make you look back at a month ago and say, “I am a whole different person right now”? If yes, then it’s real. The evidence of truth and reality, lies in how much something can touch you, can change you, even if it’s from very far away. Distance is only the evidence of what can be surpassed.”
― C. JoyBell C.

tags: belief, believing-in-what-is-real, faith-in-a-relationship, faith-in-love, from-the-distance, genuineness, how-to-know-the-truth, how-to-know-what-is-real, inspirational-love, long-distance-relationships, trust, what-is-real, what-is-true, wisdom-quotes

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“I was asked, "How can we change the world?" And I answered, "You will never be able to change the world by projecting ideal images to aspire for. The only way to change the world is to penetrate the grassroots, to penetrate at the groundbreaking level— to be a mason— to dig into the core where all the tar and lumpy mud is located and to work with that shit until you bring out something beautiful. We change the world by dressing wounds, by listening to forgotten voices of the lost, by getting our hands dirty. Nobody is going to be able to change the world by painting a lovely picture. You have to know how to make paint. Then teach the people how to use a paintbrush. Then teach the people how to make strokes, how to wash the paintbrush, and how to mount their own paintings onto the wall. Because the alchemy of the world, of humanity as a whole, is really just the collective alchemy of every individual. Take what is darkness and transmutate it into a shining thing. Changing the world is never about the changer; it is about the world.”
― C. JoyBell C.

tags: alchemy-for-the-world, changing-the-world, how-to-change-the-world, soul-alchemy, the-alchemy-of-the-individual, world-alchemy

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