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Then I realize that words like “optimism” and “hope” which appear in all those self-help books that claim they’ll make us more confident and better to cope with life, are just that: words.

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people who believed the world to be an undignified,inglorious place, and who spent their evenings and nightstalking on and on about the mistakes others had made. They werepeople whom solitude had made into the judges of the world,whose verdicts were scattered to the four winds for whoever caredto listen
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The battles may last for a long time, perhaps even years. There are powerful forces on both sides, and the war is important to both armies. It's not a battle of good against evil. It's a war between forces that are fighting for the balance of power, and, when that type of battle begins, it lasts longer than others-because Allah is on both sides.
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A disciple...can never imitate his guide's steps. You have your own way of living your life, of dealing with problems, and of winning. Teaching is only demonstrating that it is possible. Learning is making it possible for yourself.
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When someone sees the same people every day(...)they wind up becoming a part of that person's life. And then they want the person to change. If someone isn't what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own
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If I can learn to understand this language without words, I can learn to understand the world.
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Here was the opportunity to free herself from all those identical days and nights. pg 30
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In a forest of a hundred thousand trees, no two leaves are alike. And no two journeys along the same path are alike.
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