“The saddest thing is that this is often all we understand about ourselves: that so often, we live our neighbor's life, instead of our own.”
― The Secret Letters of the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
― The Secret Letters of the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
“I guess most of what we understand about people is just the surface stuff,”
― The Secret Letters of the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
― The Secret Letters of the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
“The most important gift we can give ourselves is the commitment to living our authentic life. To be true to ourselves, however, is not an easy task. We must break free of the seductions of society and live life on our own terms, under our own values and aligned with our original dreams. We must tap our hidden selves; explore the deep-seated, unseen hopes, desires, strengths and weaknesses that make us who we are. We have to understand where we have been and know where we are going.”
― The Secret Letters of the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
― The Secret Letters of the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
“Unless you have more information, however, it’s hard to say what’s causing what.”
― Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
― Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
“We are like the caterpillar which takes the thread out of his own body and of that makes the cocoon, and behold, he is caught.”
― Lectures on Bhagavad Gita
― Lectures on Bhagavad Gita
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