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Adventure - There are moments when suddenly our eyes blink open and we recapture the excitement of living. Life becomes an adventure and we, adventurers. ~ Wayne Visser 1988

Africa - Africa is the continent of surprise - it constantly surprises me, it is waiting to surprise you, and soon, it will surprise the whole world. ~ Wayne Visser 2008

Age - As much as age is an inescapable reality, it is also an ethereal illusion. ~ Wayne Visser 2005

Answers - Searching for answers in life presumes that we even know the questions. ~ Wayne Visser 1992

Attitude - Our attitude is the only thing over which we can have complete control ~ Wayne Visser 2005

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Beginnings - Every new beginning is just a first step away. ~ Wayne Visser 2005

Beliefs - My creed is simple: I believe in the potential of everything and everyone, for good and evil. ~ Wayne Visser 1988

Believing - Suspending disbelief is not nearly as powerful as believing. ~ Wayne Visser 2005

Business - Business exists to serve society, not the other way around. ~ Wayne Visser 1990

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Certainty - Life comes with no guarantees; nor does love. ~ Wayne Visser 2007

Change - Change is a process, not an event. ~ Wayne Visser 1991

Choice - Every person chooses and walks their own path. Only they can choose it and only they can walk it. And to move forward in life, they must do both. ~ Wayne Visser 1988

Creation - All creation is born of imagination and nurtured by expression. ~ Wayne Visser 1989

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Dancing - Dancing is allowing ourselves to be moved by music. ~ Wayne Visser 2005

Daring - Dare to be: to be different, to be loving, to be successful, to be true to yourself. ~ Wayne Visser 1991

Dignity - Dignity is the saving grace of humanity. ~ Wayne Visser 2005

Doubt - Doubt is the shield we carry through the battlefields of life ...

Dreams - The greatest dreams are about being different and making a difference. ~ Wayne Visser 1991

Dreams - Dreams are the swirling smoke of our spirit's fire. ~ Wayne Visser 2005

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Endurance - Do not nail yourself to a cross each time you fall short of the mark. Pick yourself up, dust yourself off and try again, and again, and again. ~ Wayne Visser 1990

Eternity - Eternity is our choice - if we choose to live in the everlasting present, and if have the courage to keep going against all odds. ~ Wayne Visser 2008

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Fairytales - I've lived long enough to know that life is no fairytale, but it certainly is a tale and an adventurous one at that. Wayne Visser 2008

Fear - Our greatest fear is not being loved. ~ Wayne Visser 2007

Flight - Flight is the journey beyond our limitations. ~ Wayne Visser 2005

Flowers - When nature laughs, flowers bloom. ~ Wayne Visser 2005

Food - Food is a universal language spiced by delicious local dialects. ~ Wayne Visser 2005

Freedom - You are free: Free to think what you like, free to do what you want, free to be yourself, free to fall in love, free to live. ~ Wayne Visser 1987

Freedom - We have no home, other than all creation. We have no ties, other than to every living thing. ~ Wayne Visser 1991

Friendship - Friendship is the bond between hearts and the bridge between souls. ~ Wayne Visser 2005

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Generosity - Generosity is sharing that which you can least afford to give. ~ Wayne Visser 2005

Genius - The mark of a genius is their unquenchable thirst for knowledge and understanding, for a more complete picture of the universe and our place in it. ~ Wayne Visser 1993

Goodness - We must never loose our belief in the fundamental goodness of people; the exceptions only serve to prove the rule. ~ Wayne Visser 1992

Greed - Who says business can't reach beyond the shadows of selfishness and greed and become a source of light and love in the world? ~ Wayne Visser 1993

Guidance - The best guidance that others can give is to remind us that we have the means to further whichever ends we choose. ~ Wayne Visser 1989

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Happiness - Life is our instructor, and her first lesson is to be happy. ~ Wayne Visser 1988

Healing - Time - and focusing on the good things in our lives - helps us to heal and keep moving, however slowly, towards wholeness again. ~ Wayne Visser 2007

Home - Home is wherever we feel we most belong. ~ Wayne Visser 2005

Humour - Any attempt to fathom the mystery of humour is laughable. ~ Wayne Visser 1992

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Insight - An epiphany is seeing the same world again, but differently this time. ~ Wayne Visser 2005

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Judgement - We are never in a position to judge the path another person chooses, for each much choose their own path and live with the consequences. ~ Wayne Visser 1989

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Leaders - The hope for our future lies with the emergence of a new brand of principled leaders who lead from the heart. ~ Wayne Visser 1992

Leadership - Leadership is the ability to inspire individuals to act for the common good. ~ Wayne Visser 2005

Learning - If we can be mindful of the lessons that each day has offered us, our learning will be swift and sure. ~ Wayne Visser 1991

Letting go - We only let go of something or someone when we realise we have nothing much to gain by holding on. ~ Wayne Visser 2007

Living - The real key to the wonders, the mysteries and the potential of life is to be found in the living thereof. ~ Wayne Visser 1991

Loneliness - We walk in this world alone, yet we are never alone. ~ Wayne Visser 1991

Love - Love is a journey in which we can never know the destination, only that we want to walk into the unknown with another by our side. ~ Wayne Visser 2007

Love - Love is the ultimate human quest. ~ Wayne Visser 2005

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Meaning - We should never be embarrassed to admit that we are puzzled (clueless even) about the meaning of life. ~ Wayne Visser 1992

Memories - Memories of the past are teachers of the present and prophets of the future. ~ Wayne Visser 2005

Miracles - To a line, a square is a miracle, and to a square, a cube is an impossible dream. ~ Wayne Visser 2008

Moon - The moon is reflective, feminine, nocturnal, mysterious, bewitching and .. most importantly .. made of cheese! ~ Wayne Visser 2007

Music - Any music can be played, but the best music plays us. ~ Wayne Visser 2005

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Names - Names tell a story. They are a symbol of our past heritage and, if we are lucky, a touchstone for our future aspirations. ~ Wayne Visser 2005

Nature - Nature needs no improvement, only appreciation and respect. ~ Wayne Visser 1991

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Opportunity - We must learn to have faith in life itself. For life will always present us with opportunities to begin to make our wishes come true. ~ Wayne Visser 1989

Organisations - Organisations form part of the chain of living organisms. Each has their own life cycle, personality, influence and capacity to evolve. ~ Wayne Visser 1992

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Partnership - Partnership is the journey towards being better together than apart. ~ Wayne Visser 2005

Permission - Always give yourself permission to play, to have adventures, to skip and jump, to enjoy life, to fly and to love. ~ Wayne Visser, 1992

Perspective - Looking down on the city lights puts life into perspective - there is the greater whole, of which I am but a single molecule ~ Wayne Visser 1989

Persuasion - Never try to convince anyone of anything. You can plant a seed, water it and pluck the fruit, but you cannot grow the plant, for that is the work of nature. ~ Wayne Visser 1988

Pessimism - The victim of pessimism is hope. And where there is no hope, there is no future worth living for. ~ Wayne Visser 1992

Possibilities - We are all on a highly personal journey of infinite possibilities. ~ Wayne Visser 1992

Progress - This is progress: Having a goal, no matter how small or simple, and moving towards it, no matter how slowly or indirectly. ~ Wayne Visser 1989

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Radicals - Radicals are the roots of all progress. ~ Wayne Visser 2005

Reality - Sometimes daily living seems but a distraction, something trivial in the face of greater reality. ~ Wayne Visser 1989

Rejuvenation - There is a silent wind trapped within us, longing to blow and cleanse and purify and rejuvenate, if only we would release it. ~ Wayne Visser 1987

Responsibility - Responsibility is the choice we make to respond with care. ~ Wayne Visser 2005

Rings - A ring is a symbol - it's circular shape represents wholeness and eternity, which is the ultimate potential of love. ~ Wayne Visser 1992

Rituals - Rituals are labyrinths with meaning at their centre. ~ Wayne Visser 2005

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Seasons - Seasons are the variable shades of blush we see when we catch nature changing. ~ Wayne Visser 2005

Self-love - I need to love myself as I am, not as I was or wish to be. ~ Wayne Visser 1990

Silence - All sound begins and ends in silence. ~ Wayne Visser 2005

Space - The building blocks of life, the universe, and everything, are the spaces in between. ~ Wayne Visser 2005

Sport - Sport is a better peacemaker than politics or religion. ~ Wayne Visser 2005

Stories - We all have a story to tell - of our journey through this life, of the world through our yes, of the "I am" that we are - and the true telling is in the living. ~ Wayne Visser 1992

Strength - Sometimes strength is in recognising weakness, and courage is in accepting a helping hand. ~ Wayne Visser 2007

Success - Success can always be traced back to one or two enthusiastic and committed individuals. ~ Wayne Visser 2005

Success - Dream on! For success was never born from anything less than dreams. ~ Wayne Visser 1993

Synchronicity - Synchronicity is a sign that the universe is working with us, or perhaps more accurately, that we are working in harmony with the universe. ~ Wayne Visser 2007

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Theatre - Theatre is where we go to let others expose who we are. ~ Wayne Visser 2005

Third Way - The Third Way is that elusive road joining the divergent paths of growth and development, ownership and sharing, competition and co-operation, confrontation and consensus, material and spiritual. ~ Wayne Visser 1994

Time - Time is our greatest gift, and using it well, our greatest offering in return. ~ Wayne Visser 2005

Touch - Only when touched do we truly come to our senses. ~ Wayne Visser 2005

Transcendence - Life is all about transcending our limitations - seeking out boundaries of our potential, and then stepping beyond them. ~ Wayne Visser 1992

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Understand - When we understand why and how people and things are they way they are, hatred and prejudice can no longer exist. ~ Wayne Visser 2005

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War - There is no such thing as a war without unexpected and unintended consequences. ~ Wayne Visser 2008

Wildness - We were all born to be wild and tricked into being tame. ~ Wayne Visser 2005

Words - Words, once spoken, have a life of their own. ~ Wayne Visser 2004

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