If I could take your troubles I would toss them into the sea, But all these things I'm finding Are impossible for me. I cannot build a mountain Or catch a rainbow fair, But let me be what I know best, A friend that is always there.

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To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.

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Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream.

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In this world of Maya, nothing is permanent, not even our pain and suffering. ― Shree Shambav

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The reality of the other person is not in what he reveals to you, but in what he cannot reveal to you. Therefore, if you would understand him, listen not to what he says but rather to what he does not say.

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In every winter's heart there is a quivering spring, and behind the veil of each night there is a shining dawn.

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All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.

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You do not suffer because things are impermanent. You suffer because things are impermanent and you think they are permanent.

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Jesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like him. The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.

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Whether you like it or not, you are committed to the human endeavor. I cannot ally myself with such a purely negative goal as avoidance of suffering. Suffering is a chance you take by the fact of being alive.

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