And I asked myself about the present: how wide it was, how deep it was, how much was mine to keep.
“When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision. When”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“Nonviolent passive resistance is effective as long as your opposition adheres to the same rules as you do. But if peaceful protest is met with violence, its efficacy is at an end. For me, nonviolence was not a moral principle but a strategy; there is no moral goodness in using an ineffective weapon.”
― Long Walk to Freedom
― Long Walk to Freedom
“When our behaviors match our intentions, when our actions are equal to our thoughts, when our minds and our bodies are working together, when our words and our deeds are aligned . . . there is an immense power behind any individual.”
― Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One
― Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One
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