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“Because what kept you at the oasis was your own fear that you might never come back. At that point, the omens will tell you that your treasure is buried forever.”

“When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream”

“‘If good things are coming, they will be a pleasant surprise… if bad things are, and you know in advance, you will suffer greatly before they even occur.’”

“People need not fear the unknown if they are capable of achieving what they need and want.”

“No matter how many detours and adjustments it made, the caravan moved toward the same compass point.”

“Making a decision was only the beginning of things. 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.”

“… I have to search for my treasure. If I don’t find it, I can always go home.”

“This wasn’t a strange place; it was a new one.”

“At a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what’s happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That’s the worlds greatest lie”

“This world was huge and inexhaustible”