When all hopes are lost, only ...

When all hopes are lost, only then does reality acquire that sharp focus that defines who we are and what we have become.
When all hopes are lost, only then does reality acquire that sharp focus that defines who we are and what we have become.
 Greg Bear

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Don't settle in the land of barely enough. That is where you are, it is not who you are. That's your location, it's not your identity. No matter what it looks like, have an abundant mentality.
The by-product is that they more people you help, the "richer" you become, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and definitely financially.
 T. Harv Eker
Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.
To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

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Once, poets were magicians. Poets were strong, stronger than warriors or kings — stronger than old hapless gods. And they will be strong once again.
 Greg Bear
But to fight something, you really have to try to understand its motivations—particularly when the something you’re fighting holds most of the cards, the deck is stacked against you, and the whole gambling hall is on fire and filled with thugs.
 Greg Bear
Grief is not productive. It simply represents an inefficiency in accepting change of status.
 Greg Bear
You deserve whoever governs you ... Everyone is responsible for the actions of their leaders.
 Greg Bear
Ray Bradbury is, for many reasons, the most influential writer in my life. Throughout our long friendship, Ray supplied not only his terrific stories but a grand model of what a writer could be, should be, and yet rarely is: brilliant and charming and accessible, willing to tolerate and to teach, happy to inspire but also to be inspired.
 Greg Bear