Quotes from book

Aleph

“People aren’t used to that way of thinking. They want everything to stay the same”

“Love is the only thing that will save us, independent of any mistakes we may make. Love is always stronger.”

“I forgive the tears I was made to shed”

“I am not a foreigner, because I haven’t been praying to return safely home. I haven’t wasted my time imagining my house, my desk, my side of the bed. I am not a foreigner, because we are all traveling, we are all full of the same questions, the same tiredness, the same fears, the same selfishness, and the same generosity. I am not a foreigner, because, when I asked, I received.”

“I can’t tell someone that their dreams are impossible.”

“That’s because, like everyone else on the planet, you believed that time would teach you to grow closer to God. But time doesn’t teach; it merely brings us a sense of weariness and of growing older.”

“I think to myself that this really isn’t something I should concern myself with.”

“You think that you exist because you’re unhappy. Other people exist merely as a function of their problems and spend all their time talking compulsively about their children, their wives and husbands, school, work, friends. They never stop to think: I’m here. I am the result of everything that happened and will happen, but I’m here. If I did something wrong, I can put it right or at least ask forgiveness. If I did something right, that leaves me happier and more connected with the now.”

“Lord, preserve me from tragedy and I will follow your desires.”

“Only mediocrity is sure of itself, so take risks, and do what you really want to do.”

“Seek out people who aren’t afraid of making mistakes”

“What we aim to do is calm the spirit and get in touch with the source from which everything comes, removing any trace of malice or egotism. If you spend too much time trying to find out what is good or bad about someone else, you’ll forget your own soul and end up exhausted and defeated by the energy you have wasted in judging others.”

“It’s always easy to blame others. You can spend your entire life blaming the world, but your successes or failures are entirely your own responsibility. You can try to stop time, but it’s a complete waste of energy.”

“Of believing, even when no one believes in me.”

“Of drying my tears, even while I weep,”

“I will be capable of loving, regardless of whether I am loved in return,”

“I forgive the world and all its evils.””

“I forgive the neglect and the contempt,”

“I forgive the anger and the cruelty,”