There is no problem so big that it cannot be run away from.
~~~Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
Learning is finding out what you already know. Doing is demonstrating
that you know it. Teaching is reminding others that they know as well
as you. You are all learners, doers, teachers.
~~~Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its
hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts.
~~~Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself.
Being true to anyone else or anything else is ... impossible....
~~~Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished. If
you're alive, it isn't.
~~~Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice
and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the
master calls a butterfly.
~~~Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
In order to live free and happily, we must sacrifice boredom.
It is not always an easy sacrifice.
~~~Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can
meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain
for those who are friends.
~~~Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
All at once, I saw the obvious. The world is as it is because that
is the way we wish it to be. Only as our wish changes does the world
change. Whatever we pray for we get.
~~~A Gift of Wings
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