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> [“How, I wondered, can we wake up for this amazing journey that is so quickly ended? How can we experience the live performance of our own lives? To be in the moment is the ultimate act of redemption. To live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-gonzales/how-i-wondered-can-we-wake-up-for-this-amazing-journey-that-is-so/)

[Laurence Gonzales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-gonzales/)

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## More by Laurence Gonzales

> [Bureaucracies force us to practice nonsense. And if you rehearse nonsense, you may one day find yourself the victim of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-gonzales/bureaucracies-force-us-to-practice-nonsense-and-if-you-rehearse/)

[Laurence Gonzales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-gonzales/)

> [“I cast myself across the land in search of enlightenment, and here is what I found: that matter and energy are one continuous flow.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-gonzales/i-cast-myself-across-the-land-in-search-of-enlightenment-and-here-is/)

[Laurence Gonzales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-gonzales/)

> [“How, I wondered, can we wake up for this amazing journey that is so quickly ended? How can we experience the live performance of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-gonzales/how-i-wondered-can-we-wake-up-for-this-amazing-journey-that-is-so/)

[Laurence Gonzales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-gonzales/)

> [The word 'experienced' often refers to someone who's gotten away with doing the wrong thing more frequently than you have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-gonzales/the-word-experienced-often-refers-to-someone-who-s-gotten-away-with/)

[Laurence Gonzales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-gonzales/)

> [We don't understand the power of nature and the world because we don't live with it. Our environment is designed to sustain us. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-gonzales/we-don-t-understand-the-power-of-nature-and-the-world-because-we-don/)

[Laurence Gonzales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-gonzales/)

> [The maddening thing for someone with a Western scientific turn of mind is that it’s not what’s in your pack that separates the quick…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-gonzales/the-maddening-thing-for-someone-with-a-western-scientific-turn-of/)

[Laurence Gonzales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-gonzales/)

> [“What does brace mean, anyway? Brace. Such an odd word. It comes from the Latin brachium, meaning arm. It means, as its heart, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-gonzales/what-does-brace-mean-anyway-brace-such-an-odd-word-it-comes-from-the/)

[Laurence Gonzales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-gonzales/)

> [Survival is the celebration of choosing life over death. We know we're going to die. We all die. But survival is saying: perhaps not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-gonzales/survival-is-the-celebration-of-choosing-life-over-death-we-know-we-re/)

[Laurence Gonzales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-gonzales/)

> [The summit is not the only place on the mountain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-gonzales/the-summit-is-not-the-only-place-on-the-mountain/)

[Laurence Gonzales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-gonzales/)

> [To deal with reality you must first recognize it as such.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-gonzales/to-deal-with-reality-you-must-first-recognize-it-as-such/)

[Laurence Gonzales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-gonzales/)

> [“With the illusion that we have dominion over the earth we conclude we have nothing to fear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-gonzales/with-the-illusion-that-we-have-dominion-over-the-earth-we-conclude-we/)

[Laurence Gonzales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-gonzales/)

> [As you run out of options and energy you must become resigned to your plight. Like it or not you must make a new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-gonzales/as-you-run-out-of-options-and-energy-you-must-become-resigned-to-your/)

[Laurence Gonzales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-gonzales/)

> [We think we believe what we know, but we only truly believe what we feel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-gonzales/we-think-we-believe-what-we-know-but-we-only-truly-believe-what-we/)

[Laurence Gonzales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-gonzales/)

> [But what is the way forward? I know what it isn't. It's not, as we once believed, plenty to eat and a home with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-gonzales/but-what-is-the-way-forward-i-know-what-it-isn-t-it-s-not-as-we-once/)

[Laurence Gonzales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-gonzales/)

> [The sun beams are always there. The trick is in seeing them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-gonzales/the-sun-beams-are-always-there-the-trick-is-in-seeing-them/)

[Laurence Gonzales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-gonzales/)

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