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1 " What would our lives be like without tests, odds against us, adventure, risk? "
― Richard Bach , Illusions II: The Adventures of a Reluctant Student
2 " Nobody comes to Earth to dodge problems. We come here to take ‘em on. "
3 " If we want to end this lifetime higher than we began, we can expect an uphill road. "
4 " You’re a master when things go well, you’re a victim when they go out of control. "
5 " Rebuilding us. Isn’t that what the spirit requires, when we climb over the wreckage of our lives, sometimes, we go on to make our lives our own affirmation? We are perfect expressions of perfect Love, here and now. There is no permanent injury. "
6 " In every disaster, in every blessing, ask, "Why me?" There's a reason, of course, there's an answer. "
7 " How many of us count fictional characters, or those we've never met, among our closest friends? My hand's up. "
8 " Soon as you realize you’re immortal,” he said, “declare the power of Love even when it seems invisible, you’ll go far beyond the illusions of space and time. In all history, the one power you never lose is your power of letting go of space and time, the joy of dying that is no wicked thing, it comes in love, to everyone. "
9 " Oh, the different consciousness between the grieving and the dying! One sees midnight, the other joyful sunrise. One sees death, the other Life as never before. "
10 " This disaster is the chance you prayed for, your wish come true. "
11 " a thousand times: “You’re a perfect expression of perfect Love, here and now. You will have a perfect "
12 " You’re a perfect expression of perfect Love, perfect Life, here and now. "
13 " What'll be your biography? "At that point, life seemed pretty bleak. Then (insert your name) did a surprising thing... "
14 " Once we visit death, once we see the beauty waiting for us, our fear’s gone. Used to be never a book written, of our experience with dying. Now there are shelves, waiting to be read. The beliefs, the experiences of so many others, now. "
15 " I’m fine. Indestructible. "
16 " I didn’t crash anything! They said I hit the wires, Don! I didn’t see them!” “That explains it. You’re a master when things go well, you’re a victim when they go out of control.” He was laughing at me. "
17 " If we agree that the world is not what it seems, then we have an important question: What shall we do about it? "
18 " “Holding ideas in our mind, that brings events to us, tests, rewards. "
19 " The best we can do is live our highest right, gracefully as we can, and let the Principle of Coincidence take it from there. Seven "
20 " God doesn’t protect anyone. Everyone’s already indestructible. "