Excerpt: Aleph (Part I)

Life is the train, not the station. - Paulo Coelho

Aleph - the point at which everything is in the same place at the same time.

-If I believe I will win, then victory will believe in me. p30

-Words are tears that have been written down. Tears are words that need to be shed. Without them, joy loses all it's brilliance and sadness has no end. p35

-We always tend to value what comes from afar, never recognizing the beauty around us. p40

-No two journeys along the path are alike.p41

-If we seek something, that same thing is seeking us. p46

-Routine has nothing to do with repetition. To become really good at anything, you have to practice and repeat, practice and repeat until the technique becomes intuitive. 

-Inhale deeply and ask for all the blessings in the air to enter your body and fill every cell. Then exhale slowly, projecting happiness and peace around you. p54

-To live is to experience things, not sit around pondering the meaning of life. p62

-By forgiving we show wisdom and intelligence. p65

-If you spend too much time trying to find out what is good or bad about someone else, you'll forget your own soul and end up exhausted and defeated by the energy you have wasted in judging others.p67

-If the world seems to be at peace, that's because it is. p82

-Words are life set down on paper.p83

-No one can learn to love by following a manual, and no one can learn to write by following a course.p83

-Writing is,above all,about discovering myself. 

-Don't be intimidated by other people's opinion.Only mediocrity is sure of itself, so take risks and do what you really want to do.p83

-The important things that stay are the moments spent listening to people singing, telling stories, enjoying life.p84

-The small Aleph always appears by chance. You're walking down a street or you sit down somewhere and suddenly the whole Universe is there.p97

-The second Aleph also happens by chance when two people whom Destiny has chosen for a specific mission meet in the right place. 

-Those who once knew love will find each other again.p98

-Life is the train, not the station.p100

-Dreamers can never be tamed.p105

-Love is always stronger.p107

-forgiveness works only if you accept it. p107

-Visit your soul; don't visit your past. p117

-God is always close to us, whether we pray to Him or not. p128

-If you don't get up early, you'll never see the sun rise. If you don't pray, God may be near, but you won't feel His presence. 

-People meet when they need to meet. p129

-Train your heart. That is the discipline every warrior needs. If you can control your heart, then you will defeat your opponent. p134

-If you conquer yourself, then you will conquer the world. p135

-Sometimes fear is necessary in order that we can finally find peace. p150

-Remember that there is another court in Heaven, and that court will demand to know how you carried out God's wishes here on Earth.

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