The hoopoe said: 'Your heart's congealed like ice; When will you free yourself from cowardice?Since you have such a short time to live here, What difference does it make? What should you fear?The world is filth and sin, and homeless menMust enter it and homeless leave again. They die, as worms, in squalid pain; if weMust perish in this quest, that, certainly, Is better than a life of filth and grief. If this great search is vain, if my beliefIs groundless, it is right that I should die. So many errors throng the world - then whyShould we not risk this quest? To suffer blameFor love is better than a life of shame. No one has reached this goal, so why appealTo those whose blindness claims it is unreal?I'd rather die deceived by dreams than giveMy heart to home and trade and never live. We've been and heard so much - what have we learned?Not for one moment has the self been spurned; Fools gather round and hinder our release. When will their stale, insistent whining cease?We have no freedom to achieve our goalUntil from Self and fools we free the soul. To be admitted past the veil you mustBe dead to all the crowd considers just. Once past the veil you understand the WayFrom which the crowd's glib courtiers blindly stray. If you have any will, leave women's stories, And even if this search for hidden gloriesProves blasphemy at last, be sure our questIs not mere talk but an exacting test. The fruit of love's great tree is poverty; Whoever knows this knows humility. When love has pitched his tent in someone's breast, That man despairs of life and knows no rest. Love's pain will murder him and blandly askA surgeon's fee for managing the task -The water that he drinks brings pain, his breadIs turned to blood immediately shed; Though he is weak, faint, feebler than an ant, Love forces him to be her combatant; He cannot take one mouthful unawareThat he is floundering in a sea of care.
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When I was growing up I always wanted to be someone. Now I realize I should have been more specific.
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Think little goals and expect little achievements. Think big goals and win big success.
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Common aim is stronger than blood.
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I come in a world of iron.. To make a world of gold
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Thinking about working out burns 0 calories, 0 percentage of fat and accomplishes 0 goals!
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A key ingredient to achieving your goals is to make sure your goals are totally congruent with who you are as a person. Your head and hearts desire must match. It's such an important step in goal achievement and if we miss it, we can end up travelling a long way down the wrong path!
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If it is to be, it's up to thee. You are responsible for your success.
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Wealth, my son, should never be your goal in life. Your words are eloquent but they are mere words. True wealth is of the heart, not of the purse.
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No, my son, do not aspire for wealth and labor not only to be rich. Strive instead for happiness, to be loved and to love, and most important to acquire peace of mind and serenity.
Wahrscheinlich kann man vom Nichtwollen seelisch nicht leben; eine Sache nicht tun wollen, das ist auf Dauer kein Lebensinhalt.
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