I lived in a dictatorship in Brazil, and I was arrested three times. I felt in my flesh what it is to live under such a regime and experience deprivation of freedom.
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There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them. But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there.
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No one should ever ask themselves that: why am I unhappy? The question carries within it the virus that will destroy everything. If we ask that question, it means we want to find out what makes us happy. If what makes us happy is different from what we have now, then we must either change once and for all or stay as we are, feeling even more unhappy.
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Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
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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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Every day I try to be in communication with the universe in an unconscious way.
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