

“Without the bad, we wouldn’t know the good. Without sorrow and grief, how can we know happiness and love? Everything has a balance, Simone. Everything has a reason. We are created to feel, and to feel is to experience all emotions so when we do find love we know it and can embrace it and cherish it because we know what it would feel like to lose something so precious.”
― My Soul Keeper
― My Soul Keeper

“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist

“Greek philosopher Epictetus says, “Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”
― The Happiness Equation: Want Nothing + Do Anything = Have Everything
― The Happiness Equation: Want Nothing + Do Anything = Have Everything

“A famous Persian proverb hung on my aunt’s kitchen wall reads, “I cried because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet.”
― The Happiness Equation: Want Nothing + Do Anything = Have Everything
― The Happiness Equation: Want Nothing + Do Anything = Have Everything

“Habit 1: Be Proactive
Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind
Habit 3: Put First Things First
Habit 4: Think Win/Win
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood
Habit 6: Synergize
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw”
― The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind
Habit 3: Put First Things First
Habit 4: Think Win/Win
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood
Habit 6: Synergize
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw”
― The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
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