We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

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I know why families were created with all their imperfections. They humanize you. They are...

I know why families were created with all their imperfections. They humanize you. They are...

Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish...

Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish...

People living deeply have no fear of death.

People living deeply have no fear of death.

There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we...

There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we...

There are many ways to be free. One of them is to transcend reality by...

There are many ways to be free. One of them is to transcend reality by...

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing,...

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing,...

Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and...

Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and...

There came a time when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more...

There came a time when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more...

There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more...

There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more...

Last night I wept. I wept because the process by which I have become a...

Last night I wept. I wept because the process by which I have become a...

I stopped loving my father a long time ago. What remained was the slavery to...

I stopped loving my father a long time ago. What remained was the slavery to...

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

Each contact with a human being is so rare, so precious, one should preserve it.

Each contact with a human being is so rare, so precious, one should preserve it.

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous...

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous...

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing,...

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing,...

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous...

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous...

Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it...

Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it...

Living never wore one out so much as the effort not to live.

Living never wore one out so much as the effort not to live.

A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays...

A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays...

The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself.

The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself.