#inspiration

"I don't know why people are afraid of lust. Then I can imagine that they are very afraid of me, for I have a great lust for everything. A lust for life, a lust for how the summer-heated street feels beneath my feet, a lust for the touch of another's skin on my skin...a lust for everything. I even lust after cake. Yes, I am very lusty and very scary."

"Saw a little girl touch a big bug and shout, "I conquered my fear! YES!"and calmly walk away. I was inspired."

"You are not permitted to suffer what others suffer, you are not permitted to fail or die young."

"Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man's doing but my own.I am the force."

"The presence of God is so important in the life of believers. There is abundance of all you need to make your life comfortable in His presence."

"Just as it is knownThat an image of one's face is seenDepending on a mirrorBut does not really exist as a face,So the conception of "I"existsDependent on mind and body,But like the image of a faceThe "I"does not at all exist as its own reality."

"Facing your fears robs them of their power"

"It's better to dare to dream big and achieve half of your dreams than to dream small dreams and achieve all"

"88. People wonder why so many writers come to live in Paris. I’ve been living ten years in Paris and the answer seems simple to me: because it’s the best place to pick ideas. Just like Italy, Spain.. or Iran are the best places to pick saffron. If you want to pick opium poppies you go to Burma or South-East Asia. And if you want to pick novel ideas, you go to Paris."

"Take faith, for example. For many people in our world, the opposite of faith is doubt. The goal, then, within this understanding, is to eliminate doubt. But faith and doubt aren't opposites. Doubt is often a sign that your faith has a pulse, that it's alive and well and exploring and searching. Faith and doubt aren't opposites, they are, it turns out, excellent dance partners."

"Don't belittle yourself. Be BIG yourself."

"It's amazing how close I have been, all this time, to my old life. And yet the distance that divides me from it is vast."

"Dream your dream; and realize that you are more than just the dreamer, you are the point of origin for its reality."

"Hating skin color is contempt for God's divine creative imagination. Honoring it is appreciation for conscious, beautiful-love-inspired diversity."

"Moods can be contagious. Don't catch or spread a bad mood."

"You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him."

"...we have to surpass ourselves every day, make every day undying. Climb our own personal Everest and do it in such a way that every step is a little bit of eternity. That's what the future is for: to build the present, with real plans, made by living people."

"Don't blow off another's candle for it won't make yours shine brighter."

"No matter how much you know, your destiny depends on the Wisdom, Knowledge and Understanding you display."

"I don't really want people looking to me for inspiration. I just want to be a sign along the way that points toward Heaven."