On the one hand, maybe I’ve remained infantile, while on the other I matured quickly, because at a young age I was very aware of suffering and fear.

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I breathe in my courage and exhale my fear.
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I am wolf. Quietly I will endure, silently I will suffer, patiently I will wait for. I am a warrior and I will survive.
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Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.
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Love is a beautiful kind of fear.
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Karma functions through certain tendencies. But with some awareness and focus, you can push it in a different direction.
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Karma moves in two directions. If we act virtuously, the seed we plant will result in happiness. If we act non-virtuously, suffering results.
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Karma says, if you focus on hurt, you will continue to suffer. If you focus on the lesson, you will continue to grow.
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When the time is up for maturation of karma, it automatically comes into effect.
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I wanted revenge but God whispered…they’re already suffering.
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Maturity is when you have the power to destroy someone who did you wrong but you just breathe, walk away and let karma deal with them.
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Don’t fear God, fear Karma. God forgives, karma doesn’t.
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If you don’t know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.
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The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.
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The ‘Third World’ is a term I don’t like very much because we’re all one world. I want people to know that the largest part of humanity is suffering.
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I could never love her, the fear of losing would be too strong.
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I have a vision of India: an India free of hunger and fear, an India free of illiteracy and want.
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Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.
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If the immediate and direct purpose of our life is not suffering then our existence is the most ill-adapted to its purpose in the world.
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I started flying because I had a fear of it early on. I figured if I learned to fly, I would understand better what was happening and started taking lessons in the late 1950’s, once I had made some money on tour.
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It is not a dreamlike state, but the somehow insulated state, that a great musician achieves in a great performance. He’s aware of where he is and what he’s doing, but his mind is on the playing of the instrument with an internal sense of rightness.