Culture makes people understand each other better. And if they understand each other better in their soul, it is easier to overcome the economic and political barriers. But first they have to understand that their neighbour is, in the end, just like them, with the same problems, the same questions.
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Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.
Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worse kind of suffering.
I can control my destiny, but not my fate. Destiny means there are opportunities to turn right or left, but fate is a one-way street. I believe we all have the choice as to whether we fulfil our destiny, but our fate is sealed.
I have seen many storms in my life. Most storms have caught me by surprise, so I had to learn very quickly to look further and understand that I am not capable of controlling the weather, to exercise the art of patience and to respect the fury of nature.
Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure.
Elegance is usually confused with superficiality, fashion, lack of depth. This is a serious mistake: human beings need to have elegance in their actions and in their posture because this word is synonymous with good taste, amiability, equilibrium and harmony.
Writing means sharing. It's part of the human condition to want to share things - thoughts, ideas, opinions.
When you are enthusiastic about what you do, you feel this positive energy. It's very simple.
Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.
When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.
You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It's just a matter of paying attention to this miracle.
I cry very easily. It can be a movie, a phone conversation, a sunset - tears are words waiting to be written.
One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.
The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip; to avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to formulae, recipes or other people's opinions.
You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.
The more violent the storm, the quicker it passes.
No one can lie, no one can hide anything, when he looks directly into someone's eyes.
Love is a trap. When it appears, we see only its light, not its shadows.
Elegance is achieved when all that is superfluous has been discarded and the human being discovers simplicity and concentration: the simpler and more sober the posture, the more beautiful it will be.
I walk every day, and I look at the mountains and the fields and the small city, and I say: 'Oh my God, what a blessing.' Then you realise it's important to put it in a context beyond this woman, this man, this city, this country, this universe.
All women have a perception much more developed than men. So all women somehow, being repressed for so many millennia, they ended up by developing this sixth sense and contemplation and love. And this is something that we have a hard time to accept as part of our society.
Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.
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