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The whole problem with people is they know what matters but they don't choose it. ~Secret Lives of B...

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There are, as is known, insects that die in the moment of fertilization. So it is with all joy: life...

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I believe you can only be lucky if you start out beingvery good

The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I had to live my life again, I'd make ...

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People say, that which doesn't kill you makes you stronger. But they are wrong. What doesn't kill yo...

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As much as I would really like to have saved myself heartache, embarrassment or gossip, I also know ...

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Anyway, that's the past, and what matters is the future. That's how life works, because it's short a...

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We all think we understand each other,' Kin heard Silver say. 'We eat together, we trade, many of us...

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But she’s going to have a lot of problems."THAT’S WHAT LIFE IS ALL ABOUT. SO I’M TOLD. I WOULDN’T KN...

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I recall no arrangement, Mau, no bargain, covenant, agreement or promise. There is what happens, and...

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We all think we understand each other,' Kin heard Silver say. 'We eat together, we trade, many of us...

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Let each become all that he was created capable of being.

Better to choose a limit capriciously than to have none.

Gabriel Oak: "It's time for you to fight your own battles... and win them too.

Curiosity is the lust of the mind.

Finding the right work is like discovering your own soul in the world.

These and other inanimate things she saw and experienced. They were real to her. She knew them. They...

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Можно лежать на мосту и смотреть, как течет вода. Или бегать, или побродить по болоту в красных сапо...

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Tove JanssonMoominvalley in November

Learn from your past and be better because of your past, but don't cry about your past. Life is full...

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Trevor NoahBorn A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

I don't regret anything I've ever done in life, any choice that I've made. But I'm consumed with reg...

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Trevor NoahBorn a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

What I have learned in this life is you can never be ashamed of where you come from.

Everybody's got skeletons in the closets. Every once in a while, you've got to open up the closet an...

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...you play the instrument you have.

To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further, There is no other pearl to be found in t...

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You can't blame her,' said Amit. 'After a life so full of tragedy anyone would become hard.''What tr...

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My great longing is to learn to make those very incorrectnesses, those deviations, remodellings, cha...

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Vincent van GoghThe Letters of Vincent van Gogh

And the memories of all we have loved stay and come back to us in the evening of our life. They are ...

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To suffer without complaint is the only lesson we have to learn in this life

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Vincent van GoghThe Letters of Vincent van Gogh

The great revelation perhaps never did come. Instead there were little daily miracles, matches struc...

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The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus.

Most things break, including hearts. The lessons of life amount not towisdom, but to scar tissue and...

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I can't see that Danish episode as an adventure, or a crisis survived, or a serious quest for anythi...

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Whether we like it or not, modern ways are going to alter and in part destroy traditional customs an...

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Werner HeisenbergPhysics and Philosophy: The Revolution in Modern Science

We have no future because our present is too volatile. We have only risk management. The spinning of...

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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at...

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I suppose in the end the whole of life becomes an act of letting go. But what always hurts the most ...

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You must live life with the full knowledge that your actions will remain. We are creatures of conseq...

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Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there

You were born to win, but to be a winner you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.

The words ‘I Love You’ kill, and resurrect millions, in less than a second.

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AberjhaniElemental: The Power of Illuminated Love

Everywhere we shine death and life burn into something new…

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AberjhaniElemental: The Power of Illuminated Love

History, too, has a penchant for giving birth to itself over and over again, and those whom it appoi...

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Making the choice to exercise compassion is an expression of Love for Humanity and Life itself.

In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and, to the young, it comes with bitterest agony, be...

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Necessity is the mother of invention.

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AesopAesop's Fables

Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.

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AesopAesop's Fables

It is precisely when we hear little from our partner which frightens, shocks, or sickens us that we ...

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It is difficult when reading the description of certain fictional characters not at the same time to...

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One cannot read a novel without ascribing to the heroine the traits of the one we love.

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Alain de BottonHow Proust Can Change Your Life

Well, it's a good life and a good world, all said and done, if you don't weaken.

My dear,In the midst of hate, I found there was, within me, an invincible love.In the midst of tears...

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Intelligent life on other planets? I'm not even sure there is on earth!

Once you've found some joy, you never want to be without it.

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Alec BaldwinNevertheless: A Memoir

there was nothing to be ashamed of in doing jobs simply to make a living, so long as those jobs fuel...

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Mma Ramotswe tucked the cheque safely away in her bodice. Modern business methods were all very well...

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There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with a...

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I learned a world from each / one whom I loved

Circumstances makes a thing poison or nectar. There is nothing absolute good or bad.

You are the ocean, let the rivers come to you. You are the flower, let the bees come to you.

When life is foggy, path is unclear and mind is dull, remember your breath. It has the power to give...

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Amit RayBeautify your Breath - Beautify your Life

Life is a manifestation of the unified field of consciousness. Colors, beauty, pleasure and pain are...

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Amit RayBeautify your Breath - Beautify your Life

Life is not a discrete phenomenon it is a part of an intelligent cosmic field. It is a cosmic dance.

Innovation needs preparation, collaboration and the light of the soul. Every challenge provides that...

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You don't need to play every ball but every ball needs your judgement.

False has many wings. Do not judge anything by its popularity.

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Amit RayMeditation: Insights and Inspirations

You are never alone. You are eternally connected with everyone.

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Amit RayMeditation: Insights and Inspirations

Mindfulness is not the path of chasing. It is the path of beautification. When flowers blossom, the ...

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Amit RayMindfulness Living in the Moment - Living in the Breath

Mindfulness is not a mechanical process. It is developing a very gentle, kind, and creative awarenes...

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Amit RayMindfulness Living in the Moment - Living in the Breath

Mind is like a net, drawn by the needles of past and future. Mindfulness is the way for not getting ...

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Mind is a flexible mirror, adjust it, to see a better world.

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Amit RayMindfulness Living in the Moment - Living in the Breath

Be the music of your soul. Don't be a pawn in someone else's game.

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Amit RayNonviolence: The Transforming Power

The formula of life is simple. It is the formula of giving - giving courage, attention, peace, love ...

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Amit RayNonviolence: The Transforming Power

Nonviolence is a way of life, where the task is to awaken the underlying goodness of every human bei...

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Amit RayNonviolence: The Transforming Power

World is a divine play. At the beginning and at the end, we are the same.

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Amit RayNonviolence: The Transforming Power

Life has only one equation. The equation of giving.

If you are driven by fear, anger or pride nature will force you to compete. If you are guided by cou...

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If you carry a weapon, war will follow you. If you carry a smile, love will knock at your door.

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Amit RayWalking the Path of Compassion

Every day is a good day. There is something to learn, care and celebrate.

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Amit RayWalking the Path of Compassion

Fill the canvas of life with the colors of peace bliss beauty and love.

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Amit RayWalking the Path of Compassion

Open the window of your mind. Allow the fresh air,new lights and new truths to enter.

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Amit RayWalking the Path of Compassion

Learn to access the cosmic trust. Life will be easy.

Some fish love to swim upstream. Some people love to overcome challenges.

Be the radiator of peace. Go to the center of your inner being. Radiate peace in every direction.

You need bravery for compassion. In the picture of your soul, the bravery points are the most beauti...

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Amit RayWalking the Path of Compassion

Life is not always perfect. Like a road, it has many bends, ups and down, but that’s its beauty.

If you want to fly on the sky, you need to leave the earth. If you want to move forward, you need to...

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It's something you don't see until it's gone-the shapes and things have and the ways in which the pe...

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All life's training is just exactly what is needed for the true Life-work, still out of view but far...

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I had thus learned to push down my feelings, to force myself to not care, to do nothing and let thin...

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Amy TanSaving Fish from Drowning

Poverty has its advantages. When you're that poor what would you have that anyone would want? Except...

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Ana CastilloPeel My Love Like an Onion

If Elirena was a hero, if what she did is heroism, then that's just too bad. Let them call me a trai...

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Writing like this is a little like milking a cow: the milk is so rich and delicious, and the cow is ...

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When people shine a little light on their monster, we find out how similar most of our monsters are.

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Anne LamottBird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

The world is fairly studded and strewn with pennies cast broadside by a generous hand. But- and this...

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Chain of envy linked them, showing each what was lacking in life, but offering also the consolation ...

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The energy of the mind is the essence of life.

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AristotleThe Philosophy of Aristotle

There are two things we must get rid of early in life: a feeling of personal superiority and an exag...

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Every life is different because you passed this way and touched history.

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other, and scarce in that.

Ah, but I was so much older thenI’m younger than that now