success

love
poetry

«Success, Love, Poetry»

Copyright © by René Friedrich 1998-2008. All rights reserved.
This edition © 2009: selected quotes from the original 2008 edition.
Cover design: René Friedrich.
«Love» © 2002-2003 René for Olga.
«Poetry» © 2007-2008.
Poems freely translated by René, based on the original text in French.
See also the French edition: «Succès, Amour, Poésie»
See also the German edition: «Erfolg, Liebe, Poesie»
SUCCESS

Wild expectations
Remember that to succeed beyond your wildest expectations you need some pretty wild expectations to
begin with.

Measures
Success is measured by its results, and results are measured by their success, but both are measured by
people who change their measures all the time.

Baby
A baby that eats and sleeps would probably call that success, and only more success will change its
opinion.

Do better
When success comes naturally to you, and you don't worry about not being successful, then you could do
better.

Love is the greatest

Love is the greatest success and the only one that can last; any other success will be accessory or limited in
time.

If you were always right

When success seems an impossible goal to reach, remember that you may be mistaken: If you were always
right, you'd be always successful.

Physical energy
Release the pressure to be successful and instead nurture the physical energy that you need to be
successful with ease.

Staying power
Success is about people, which you can meet anytime, and about staying power, which you continue to
have.

Instant success
Never give up, live to see another day, allow yourself to be surprised, and surprise others with instant
success.
Start guessing
To find success, your guess is as good as mine, so start guessing, write down the results, and act.

Answer these questions

Answer these questions: How long will your success last? Can your success last longer by changing what
you are doing today?

Help
If you are successful and want to become more successful then help more people to become successful.

Inevitably
Success is a destination that you will reach inevitably; meanwhile, you might as well enjoy the trip.

An attitude
Success is an attitude, a state of mind, a momentary peak of performance, which will not last, but which
can be recreated.

Those in the future

Enjoy your success while it lasts, and then remember past successes, waiting for those in the future.

Time will tell

You are right to believe in your success, no matter what other people think, and only time will tell.

Physical reactions
Success creates physical reactions, someone's breath will go faster, someone's heart will beat faster, or else
it's not success.

Dance and sing

When you have an idea that makes you want to dance and sing, it's an indication of future success.

Originality
If you measure success by your influence for people and throughout time, then physical presence is less
important than originality.

Get there first

If you worry about not being able to handle success, get there first, then worry, if necessary.

Not available to computers

Use the resources of success that are not available to computers: intuition, dreams, hope, a sense of
humor, love...

Readiness is everything
Enjoy the small successes in life and you will be prepared for the big ones: readiness is everything.
Quicker
Great successes take a long time, unless you don't have much time, then they can be achieved quicker; try
it!

Nothing to prove
Success is an activity for beginners, for those with experience, for experts, and especially for those who
have nothing to prove.

Applause
Aim for applause as a measure of success; most people have a great resistance to applaud anybody.

LOVE

Love is bigger
Love is bigger, larger, stronger than anything else, therefore love, like miracles, cannot be completely
explained, understood, proven.

The greatest miracle

When all the miracles of all universes will be clarified, love will still remain as the greatest miracle.

Amplification
Love is sensual and extrasensory, beyond the senses and an amplification of all senses.

For you!
Love is always and forever, for all times and all dimensions. For you! Fresh like a sweet breeze of spring.

Invitation and description!

Love every day. And also: Love, every day! Invitation and description!

Perfect
Perfect love. Perfect love is understanding. Perfect love is an understanding with the heart.

Cupid
Each smile, each gesture, each word, each memory can play the role of cupid's arrows, always and ever
again. He cannot miss.
New harmonies
Love is a creative force. Love also amplifies harmonies and creates new harmonies. Love intensifies
creation and harmony. Love accelerates creation and harmony.

Harmony intensifies
The stronger the influence of love, the more any new creation also creates new harmony. When love
intensifies, harmony intensifies even more so. Naturally!

Pleasant surprises
Love brings, ever again, pleasant surprises. Sometimes small ones, sometimes big ones, sometimes
without regularity, sometimes with regularity... But ever again!

Still surprised!
In addition to all the pleasures, then come the pleasant surprises! One expects them, one knows that they
will arrive, but one is still surprised! Wonders of love!

Human
Love awakens powers which one may consider superhuman, but on the contrary, love is maybe one of the
most human, humane powers of all.

Ideal relaxation
Love is the ideal relaxation. Unpleasant tensions are being neutralized, harmonized, and yet pleasant
dynamics remain.

The light
With love, the light always shines, it reaches far, it is happy... in expectation, in rememberance, in
certainty.

Inner peace
The readiness for inner peace effects an immediate realization, on the emotional level as well as in the
development of the reality that follows.

Fortunately
Love changes this world, fortunately - if you believe it, or not.

Love
Love is liberty, wisdom, confidence; insight, tolerance, respect; love is fun, the colorful spice, for any food,
the best care, for any face!

An Advanced Course In Love

Can you improve love? How does that look like, An Advanced Course In Love? Is it easy at first, then more
difficult? Of course not!

Easyness
I believe that the true nature of love is creating easyness. Advanced love will be ever more light, devoid of
gravity.
Love is meaningful
Love is meaningful. Love is full of meaning. Love goes deep. Love has weight. And yet love is light.

Think of love
Enjoy love. Every day! Take your time for that. Think of love. Seize the day, they say. That is the real
meaning of that. Seize the day for love.

Many ways
Many possibilities, many ways. Where to first? To love, naturally! Always the best choice!

The choice
Which choice would love make? Love is natural attachment. One path is the natural love. The choice is
automatic.

Bravery
The other kind, the great bravery, is created through a new inner certainty -love- and the wish to realize
this certainty is greater than any barrier.

Breathing
Relaxation. To be in harmony. In balance. Complete with love. Breathing.

POETRY

I write

I write
in bed
writing
is like sleeping
one dreams
and it's done

«But you are dreaming!»

«but you are dreaming!»

yes, I am dreaming
and so what?
those who have no dreams
are lost
only the best dreams
will survive

Respect

I am telling you of this name...

respect
who deserves it?
you?
of course!
you?
naturally!
you see
it is very simple
respect

Easy pace

easy pace
on a sunday
heavenly resting place
after a long night
stretched out
lounging
extend
heaven's bliss
make a wish!

Whispering

the wind of the wide open spaces

sails
whispering
souls
forgiving
the sun
shines for love

Friendship

friendship
is good for health
friendship
is not a charity
not a charade
but a parade
of demonstrated
interest

Impossible?

impossible?
no
improbable
unexpected
surpassing hope
yes
impossible?
no

Poetry always

ancient poems
agreed
but to stop there
disagreed
poetry always
agreed
but not always the same
a new feed!
change the air from time to time
get the air up to speed

Words

words
less valuable than the action?
the action speaks louder?
sometimes
the one who speaks loudest
is wrong
and yet action is born with the idea
and grows with words
and can survive thanks to phrases
that is strong!

The other power

a poem against suffering

against war
will be a poem for happiness
and for peace
one can not always win
but one can replace
bad sentiments
by a new reality
of beauty and peace
the other power is in that

The translator

have you read so-and-so?

no, that doesn't tell me anything
it doesn't speak to me
but you are speaking to me
and you I am listening to
it is you
the translator
of truth

Somewhere

destiny
incomprehensible!
it's bigger than us
that's smart!
but we
we are a part of destiny
so...
nice the destiny!
somewhere

Boom boom boom boom!

love
little drum
boom boom
big love
big drum
boom boom boom boom!
... ... ...
that's the real boom!

The lovers

the lovers
are happy
they give themselves
to each other
they deliver
without holding back
and they receive
everything
But it's you!

your poem of the day

but it's you!
I assure you!
look
the harmony of your thoughts
with the unexpected expression
of your vocabulary
pleasant surprise
you won the prize!
so be it

Irresistible

ascension
irresistible
liberation
invisible
effect
immidiate
attention...
act!

Perl

the sun on its throne

the sky its home
white sand
sea shells
the precious perl

Zero

three
two
one
zero
art is in the movement
after zero
there is a new start

Poems are almost free

to tell the truth

poems are almost free
they pass from mouth to mouth
and no one speaks of piracy
or they don't pass
and then end of story!

Swim like a fish

outside the weather is fine

you must go into the water
swim like a fish
to come out of the water
as a new dish

Reinventing yourself

reinventing yourself
it's possible
reintegrating yourself
it's permissible
looking at yourself
without worries
why not?

Leave the masks

leave the masks

in the house
today
you don't need them
here
because here you are
welcome
clear as the sun!

See you later!

see you later!

you will!
until next time!
until soon!
it's never too soon!
I think of you!
we'll meet again!

Celebrating celebration

celebrating celebration
a special holiday
to honor this way
the friendship
that holds us today
to let us be
humanity

Memories

memories
there are too few
stopping the train of thoughts
to recharge the energy
a little station
in the middle of nowhere
and then the journey continues!
forward!
forward!

«Success, Love, Poetry»

Copyright © by René Friedrich 1998-2008. All rights reserved.
This edition © 2009: selected quotes from the original 2008 edition.
Cover design: René Friedrich.
«Love» © 2002-2003 René for Olga.
«Poetry» © 2007-2008.
Poems freely translated by René, based on the original text in French.
See also the French edition: «Succès, Amour, Poésie»
See also the German edition: «Erfolg, Liebe, Poesie»

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