„Here I am, trying to persuade myself that I always give the best of myself, and nature is telling me exactly the opposite: anyone truly committed to life never stops walking.“

— Paulo Coelho

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„If I were to persuade just one person to stop fighting for something they were convinced was worthwhile, I would end up persuading myself, and my whole life would be diminished.“
— Paulo Coelho
„To study the meaning of man and of life — I am making significant progress here. I have faith in myself.“
— Fyodor Dostoyevsky
„I am willing to release the need to be unworthy. I am worthy of the very best in life, and I now lovingly allow myself to accept it“
— Louise L. Hay
„…I hate myself for not being able to go downstairs naturally and seek comfort in numbers. I hate myself for having to sit here and be torn between I know not what within me.“
— Sylvia Plath
„This race and this country and this life produced me, he said. I shall express myself as I am.“
— James Joyce
„An individualist is a man who says: "I'll not run anyone's life – nor let anyone run mine. I will not rule nor be ruled. I will not be a master nor a slave. I will not sacrifice myself to anyone – nor sacrifice anyone to myself."“
— Ayn Rand