I have been finding treasures in places I did not want to search. I have been hearing wisdom from tongues I did not want to listen. I have been finding beauty where I did not want to look. And I have learned so much from journeys I did not want to take. Forgive me, O Gracious One; for I have been closing my ears and eyes for too long. I have learned that miracles are only called miracles because they are often witnessed by only those who can can see through all of life's illusions. I am ready to see what really exists on other side, what exists behind the blinds, and taste all the ugly fruit instead of all that looks right, plump and ripe.

~ Suzy Kassem

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Pure wisdom is the 'fruit of life' banal platitudes are the 'bane of existence'.

~ Criss Jami

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What is happening to me happens to all fruits that grow ripe. It is the honey in my veins that makes my blood thicker, and my soul quieter.

~ Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche Blood Fruit Honey Ripe Soul Veins

Pride, anger and hatred are fruits from the same garden that poison the world when ripe. A leader cultivates no such fruits.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Israelmore Ayivor Anger Angry Change The World Cultivate Food For Thought Fruits Garden Hatred Heal The World Israelmore Ayivor Leader Leaders Leadership Let Love Lead Love Love People Personal Development Poison Pride Proud Ripe Self Improvement World

oh love, doesn’t the fact that the world is so big,laid out like ripe fruitmake you want to stay?

~ Andrew Mcmillan

Andrew Mcmillan Big Fruit Love Ripe Stay World

The clearest version of vision, backed by the purest grade of greed is a ripen file of failure.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

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There is no medicine that can ignite the bond of love. Friendship is compulsory, love comes around when friendship ripes, and sex is a matter of choice.

~ Michael Bassey Johnson

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Your passion is measured by the difference between your willingness to take actions and your desire to quit. When your desire to quit outweighs your willingness to persist, you are ripe for failure!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

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In one opinion, the house in which you stay, the church you attend and the town in which you reside may not determine the size of your dreams, but they can influence the rate of maturity of what you have planted.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

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Change your environment and if the need be, change your company because it goes a long way to create another version for you which can easily ripe for decay!

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Israelmore Ayivor Bad Environment Change Change Position Company Decay Environment Food For Thought Israelmore Ayivor Need Ripe Version

Rushing into action, you fail.Trying to grasp things, you lose them.Forcing a project to completion,you ruin what was almost ripe.Therefore the Master takes actionby letting things take their course.He remains as calm at the end as at the beginning.He has nothing,thus has nothing to lose.What he desires is non-desire;what he learns is to unlearn.He simply reminds peopleof who they have always been.He cares about nothing but the Tao.Thus he can care for all things.

~ Lao Tzu

Lao Tzu Action Calm Care Completion Desire Fail Forcing Grasp Learn Lose Ripe Ruin Tao

To find perfect ripeness, catch it.

~ Khang Kijarro Nguyen

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The commercial space industry is enormous and ripe for disruption.

~ Steve Jurvetson

Steve Jurvetson Disruption Industry Ripe

Personality is only ripe when a man has made the truth his own.

~ Soren Kierkegaard

Soren Kierkegaard Man Personality Ripe