“The wound is the place where the light enters you.”
“Do not be satisfied with the stories that come before you. Unfold your own myth.”
“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.”
“Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”
“You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?”
“When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about. Ideas, language, even the phrase each other doesn’t make any sense.”
“Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.”
“Try not to resist the changes that come your way. Instead, let life live through you. And do not worry that your life is turning upside down. How do you know that the side you are used to is better than the one to come?”
“Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop.”
“Wear gratitude like a cloak and it will feed every corner of your life.”
“Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.”
“With life as short as a half-taken breath, don’t plant anything but love.”
“Be like a melting snow—wash yourself of yourself.”
“Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back towards disease and death.”
“Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone’s soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd.”
“Don’t get lost in your pain, know that one day your pain will become your cure.”
“When you let go of who you are, you become who you might be.”
“When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about.”
“The universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself; everything that you want, you already are.”
“You were born with potential. You were born with goodness and trust. You were born with ideals and dreams. You were born with greatness. You were born with wings. You are not meant for crawling, so don’t. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly.”
“These pains you feel are messengers. Listen to them.”
“When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.”
“Be like the sun for grace and mercy. Be like the night to cover others’ faults. Be like running water for generosity. Be like death for rage and anger. Be like the Earth for modesty. Appear as you are. Be as you appear.”
“There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled. There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You feel it, don’t you?”
“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.”
“Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.”
“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean, in a drop.”
“Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open?”
“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious.”
“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
“Don’t you know yet? It is your Light that lights the world.”
“Try not to resist the changes that come your way. Instead, let life live through you.”
“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.”
“Knock. And he’ll open the door. Vanish. And he’ll make you shine like the sun. Fall. And he’ll raise you to the heavens. Become nothing. And he’ll turn you into everything.”
“Be soulful. Be kind. Be in love.”
“Be drunk with love, for love is all that exists.”
“Be empty of worrying. Think of who created thought! Why do you stay in prison When the door is so wide open?”
“Try to be a sheet of paper with nothing on it. Be like a candle to spread your light.”
“Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames.”
“Let your teacher be love itself.”
Adiós! (Goodbye in Spanish)
