Growth of consciousness does not depend on the might of the intellect but on the conviction of the heart.
My heart is a traitor,_ the boy said to the alchemist, when they had paused to rest the horses. __t doesn__ want me to go on._ __hat makes sense,_ the alchemist answered. __aturally it__ afraid that, in pursuing your dream, you might lose everything you__e won._ __ell, then, why should I listen to my heart?_ __ecause you will never again be able to keep it quiet. Even if you pretend not to have heard what it tells you, it will always be there inside you, repeating to you what you__e thinking about life and about the world._ __ou mean I should listen, even if it__ treasonous?_ __reason is a blow that comes unexpectedly. If you know your heart well, it will never be able to do that to you. Because you__l know its dreams and wishes, and will know how to deal with them. __ou will never be able to escape from your heart. So it__ better to listen to what it has to say. That way, you__l never have to fear an unanticipated blow.
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My heart is a traitor,_ the boy said to the alchemist, when they had paused to rest the horses. __t doesn__ want me to go on._ __hat makes sense,_ the alchemist answered. __aturally it__ afraid that, in pursuing your dream, you might lose everything you__e won._ __ell, then, why should I listen to my heart?_ __ecause you will never again be able to keep it quiet. Even if you pretend not to have heard what it tells you, it will always be there inside you, repeating to you what you__e thinking about life and about the world._ __ou mean I should listen, even if it__ treasonous?_ __reason is a blow that comes unexpectedly. If you know your heart well, it will never be able to do that to you. Because you__l know its dreams and wishes, and will know how to deal with them. __ou will never be able to escape from your heart. So it__ better to listen to what it has to say. That way, you__l never have to fear an unanticipated blow.
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