--- title: "5 Core Quotes By Erik Pevernagie" description: "5 Core quotes by Erik Pevernagie. Plus more from Erik Pevernagie and more Core sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f78/erik-pevernagie-688_core_as-love-is-a-delicate-dance-between-hold_245914.jpg" --- > [“As love is a delicate dance between holding and letting loose, it is a constant pursuit of sharing and growing together without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/as-love-is-a-delicate-dance-between-holding-and-letting-loose-it-is-a/) [Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f78/erik-pevernagie-688_core_as-love-is-a-delicate-dance-between-hold_245914.jpg) > [“Be it as it may, if we are not ready to break new ground and get to grips with the recurrent challenges…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/be-it-as-it-may-if-we-are-not-ready-to-break-new-ground-and-get-to/) [Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf5/erik-pevernagie-688_being_be-it-as-it-may-if-we-are-not-ready-to-b_1233408.jpg) > [“When our consciousness has become a haven of illusions, our mind may have a hard time to fight the maze in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/when-our-consciousness-has-become-a-haven-of-illusions-our-mind-may/) [Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbb/erik-pevernagie-688_anchor-points_when-our-consciousness-has-become-a-have_1357886.jpg) > [“We may feel the world is slipping out of our hands and recognize that the core of our conceived blueprint is escaping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/we-may-feel-the-world-is-slipping-out-of-our-hands-and-recognize-that/) [Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca1/erik-pevernagie-688_bike_we-may-feel-the-world-is-slipping-out-of_1469885.jpg) > [“If the doom of failure stifles some time the path of our life, it can pin us down like downtrodden aliens, while,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/if-the-doom-of-failure-stifles-some-time-the-path-of-our-life-it-can/) [Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ca/erik-pevernagie-688_contentment_if-the-doom-of-failure-stifles-some-time_2150656.jpg) ## Other authors on Core ## More by Erik Pevernagie > [“Let us not subside into a single mandatory way of thinking or feeling, immersed by a spirit of self-gratification. But let’s dig into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/let-us-not-subside-into-a-single-mandatory-way-of-thinking-or-feeling/) [Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/) > [“The world can spare psychopathic masterminds of fear, pushing the panic button all along. Instead, let us look at the unfettering light that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/the-world-can-spare-psychopathic-masterminds-of-fear-pushing-the/) [Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/) > [“For the discovery of self we have to overcome the fear of self, so as to find the marrow ‘within’ and disclose our ‘true’…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/for-the-discovery-of-self-we-have-to-overcome-the-fear-of-self-so-as/) [Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/) > [“If we want to decode our community's deep-seated fibers, we must go and see the world and explore the significant distinctions and resemblances. To…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/if-we-want-to-decode-our-community-s-deep-seated-fibers-we-must-go/) [Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/) > [“When we allow ourselves to show some patience and take time to listen to the others, we may learn a lot about ourselves. Patience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/when-we-allow-ourselves-to-show-some-patience-and-take-time-to-listen/) [Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/) > [“Man may feel like a feeble and powerless pawn, at some moment in his life. This apprehension can come out of the blue, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/man-may-feel-like-a-feeble-and-powerless-pawn-at-some-moment-in-his/) [Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/) > [“When we are grappling with misery and our heart is in a knot, we may well do better to snap back to a new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/when-we-are-grappling-with-misery-and-our-heart-is-in-a-knot-we-may/) [Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/) > [“The day we decide to drop the flimsy makeshift scenarios in our cluttered mind and eschew the ‘alleluias’ of self-importance, life can become genuine,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/the-day-we-decide-to-drop-the-flimsy-makeshift-scenarios-in-our/) [Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/) > [“If the vibrant and frolicking merry-go-round of our daily living has been ousted by an eerie void of an intractable vacuum, only inspiriting memories…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/if-the-vibrant-and-frolicking-merry-go-round-of-our-daily-living-has/) [Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/) > [“One day it may feel as if energy and enthusiasm are quenched, feelings dried up and emotions scorched, love and affection tangled in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/one-day-it-may-feel-as-if-energy-and-enthusiasm-are-quenched-feelings/) [Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/) > [“Let us find inner freedom in each lucky moment that we encounter, like a sun-basking butterfly that finds peace on a cherry blossom petal.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/let-us-find-inner-freedom-in-each-lucky-moment-that-we-encounter-like/) [Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/) > [“It is so simple and easy to hate and so grueling and hard to love, when the emotional “love forever”- revelation has become a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/it-is-so-simple-and-easy-to-hate-and-so-grueling-and-hard-to-love/) [Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/) > [“Giving up the obsession of sign-values and the subservient fascination of the social pyramid, allows us to set priorities in life, find out the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/giving-up-the-obsession-of-sign-values-and-the-subservient/) [Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/) > [“When people’s parallel truth collides with their real truth, they may have a hard time in subduing all the fanciful items and characters of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/when-people-s-parallel-truth-collides-with-their-real-truth-they-may/) [Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/) > [“Love is a challenge with an illusion emanating an aura of otherness. Through their unrelenting attention, two smitten people can arouse a to and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/love-is-a-challenge-with-an-illusion-emanating-an-aura-of-otherness/) [Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/core/erik-pevernagie/#itemlist", "name": "5 Core Quotes By Erik Pevernagie", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“As love is a delicate dance between holding and letting loose, it is a constant pursuit of sharing and growing together without overrunning the core of our identity. 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