"Sometimes one touches on a very painful spot where one is almost too shy to look into it, but somehow one still has to go through it. And by going into it, one finally achieves a real command of oneself. One gains a thorough knowledge of oneself for the first time."

-- Chogyam Trungpa

#Real Quotes #Gains Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Western history has been a history of deed done, actions performed and results achieved.”
“When I immersed myself in prayer and united myself with all the Masses that were being celebrated all over the world at that time, I implored God, for the sake of all these Holy Masses, to have mercy on the world and especially on poor sinners who were dying at that moment. At the same instant, I received an interior answer from God that a thousand souls had received grace through the prayerful mediation I had offered to God. We do not know the number of souls that is ours to save through our prayers and sacrifices; therefore, let us always pray for sinners.”
“When you send off a short story, it sits on the editor's desk in the same pile with stories by the most famous and honored names in present-day writing-and it's not going to be accepted unless it's as good as theirs. (And it'll probably have to be better.)”
“Develop a mailing list... anyone who comes through your studio or meets you at art shows or anywhere. It's the power of permission-based marketing. Email your latest work to the list, every month.”
“If God is calling you to do something, do it! You can't run away from God!”
“Be patient. Your future will come to you and lie down at your feet like a dog who knows and loves you no matter what you are.”
“We are the inheritors of a million years of striving for the unspeakable.”
“Metaphor is awkward, but emotion, by its nature, leaves you no more scalable approach.”

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