In this speech Ghandi speaks of a God, though it does not matter of which God he speaks. What he speaks about here is phenomenon that connects all human beings to one another. It’s the reason we can sense when others are in danger, the reason that we feel for one another, the reason that we are able to love one another. This God, of which Ghandi speaks, is the Language of the World and if we’re willing to open our hearts and listen – there we will find our true purpose.
Below you will find a word cloud for my favorite quotes page. I will be adding more in the coming days and would also love to add any quotes that you believe will forward the conversation.
I just finished reading The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo. It is a fantastic read that packs so many truths into such a short space. So, in addition to having a string going on Rethinking Poverty I will begin recording some thoughts on The Language of the World.
The Language of the World is a phrase used by Coehlo throughout The Alchemist as a way to describe the way in which we communicate with our world and each other and how the world conversely communicates with us. This idea gets at the essence of Forwarding the Conversation because it is only through purposeful listening that can we find an understanding of The Language of the World, and it is only through the Language of the World that we are able to see our deeper purpose. We must always be willing to attentively listen to our hearts and we must always be willing to follow the path that our heart lays before us.
It is in this spirit that I will include some of my favorite quotes from The Alchemist and feature a short HP commercial with Paulo Coelho
….”whoever you are, or whatever it is that you do, when you really want something, it’s because that desire originated in the soul of the universe. It’s your mission on earth.” ….”And when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to acheive it.”
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When you know that language, it’s easy to believe that someone in the world awaits you, whether it’s in the middle of the desert or in some great city… without such love, one’s dreams would have no meaning.
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There was a language in the world that everyone understood, a language the boy had used throughout the time that he was trying to improve things at the shop. It was the language of enthusiasm, of things accomplished with love and purpose, and as part of a search for something believed in and desired.
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Don’t forget that everything you deal with is only one thing and nothing else.
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When we love, we always strive to become better than we are.
When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.
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Wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.
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The world’s greatest lie: At a certain point in our lives we lose control of what’s happening to us and our lives become controlled by fate.
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“Continue in the direction of the Pyramids”, said the alchemist. “And continue to pay heed to the omens. Your heart is still capable of showing you where the treasure is.”
“Is that the one thing I still need to know?”
“No”, the alchemist answered. “What you still need to know is this: before a dream is realized, the Soul of the World tests everything that was learned along the way. It does this not because it is evil, but so that we can, in addition to realizing our dreams, master the lessons we’ve learned as we’ve moved toward that dream. That’s the point at which, as we say in the language of the desert, one ‘dies of thirst just when the palm trees have appeared on the horizon.’
“Every search begins with beginner’s luck. And every search ends with the victor’s being severely tested.”
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No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn’t know it.
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People need not fear the unknown if they are capable of achieving what they need and want. We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it’s our life or our possessions and property. But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same Hand.
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