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1 " Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness.Listen to it carefully. "
― Richard Bach , Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
2 " You're never given a dream without also being given the power to make it true. "
3 " What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly. "
4 " The world is your exercise book, the pages on which you do your sums. It is not reality, though you may express reality there if you wish. You are also free to write lies, or nonsense, or to tear the pages. "
5 " If you really want to remove a cloud from your life, you do not make a big production of it, you just relax and remove it from your thinking. That's all there is to it. "
6 " Remember where you came from, where you’re going, and why you created the mess you got yourself into in the first place. You're going to die a horrible death, remember. It's all good training, and you'll enjoy it more if you keep the facts in mind. Take your dying with some seriousness, however. Laughing on the way to your execution is not generally understood by less-advanced life-forms, and they'll call you crazy. "
7 " If you will practice being fictional for a while, you will understand that fictional characters are sometimes more real than people with bodies and heartbeats. "
8 " There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts. "
9 " 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. "
10 " The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof. "
11 " The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do members of one famiy grow up under the same roof "
12 " I'll quote the truth wherever I find it, thank you. "
13 " In the path of our happiness shall we find the learning for which we have chosen this lifetime. "
14 " Learning is finding out what you already know. Doing is demonstrating that you know it. Teaching is reminding others that they know just as well as you. You are all learners, doers, teachers. "
15 " Believe you know all the answers, and you know all the answers. Believe you're a master, and you are. "
16 " The best way to avoid responsibility is to say, 'I've gotresponsibilities. "
17 " if you argue for your limitations they are yours "
18 " We are game-playing, fun-having creatures, we are the otters of the universe. "
19 " I do not exist to impress the world. I exist to live my life in a way that will make me happy. "
20 " Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. "