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121 " Like waking up in our home one night to find ourselves in a blazing fire, we must be arsonists of emotion, forcing ourselves to grab only what is truly important to us before our life-rafters collapse in on us and we can no longer escape alive. "
― A.J. Darkholme , Rise of the Morningstar (The Morningstar Chronicles, #1)
122 " Where excess lies, usually someone had to give something up for the other to get it. "
123 " Awareness is not a prerequisite for change. "
124 " This day, you are free, because you have chosen to be free – and because of your choice, your days of insignificance are over. "
125 " Remain open-minded, even when you believe yourself to be a king among peasants. You never know what blessings can be gained or crises averted just by listening. "
126 " Perhaps we don’t progress, because there are so many views – so many paths to peace and happiness – that we get hung up on each path’s differences. Trying to sort out right from wrong when the rights mean so much to us that we can’t look at them objectively. "
127 " Our unity will always be a greater force with mixed ideals than if we demand that others change for us, to what we believe. "
128 " When life brings you mountains, you don’t waste your time asking why; you spend your time climbing over them. "
129 " Don’t let realism keep you from doing what you feel you need to do, even if you think it’s hopeless. "
130 " In the grand scheme of life, nobody grows old keeping their soul unblemished. "
131 " If you choose to keep your true face secret, then the people who know you by one mask, must never meet those who know you by another. "
132 " Never judge a woman by her age. "
133 " When you’re looking for a needle in a haystack, don’t afraid to burn the haystack to save yourself from spending half your life picking through strands of straw. "
134 " If we are to be truly free, that freedom will come through cooperation and tolerance with one another. "
135 " A man shouldn't bite the hand that feeds him, even if another holds out a golden spoon to him as reward after his betrayal. "
136 " People are more willing to change based on their perceived insecurities than by an attack on their beliefs. "
137 " Express [yourself] without worrying what everyone else will think. Those people are your limits. Ignore them. "
138 " The questions we don’t ask become the puzzles we don’t solve. "
139 " All things are possible; if something seems like it’s not, it’s only because enough people aren't being deceived into the possibilities yet. "
140 " We must always be careful never to make more enemies than we could handle if they were all to attack at once. "