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You can parody and make fun of almost anything, but that does not turn the universe into a caricature. - Bernard Berenson
I don't exactly know what I mean by that, but I mean it. – J.D. Salinger
There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met. -William Butler Yeats
“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them—that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward however they like.” —Lao Tzu.
Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is. - Albert Camus
Cowards die many times before their actual deaths. Julius Caesar
Only the hand that erases can write the true thing. – Master Eckhart
Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian. -Dennis Wholey
“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing—that’s why we recommend it daily.” — Zig Ziglar
The only difference between suicide and martyrdom is press coverage. - Chuck Palahniuk
Teach the ignorant.
Study the wise.
Avoid the foolish.
Embrace the enlightened.
Conquer your vices.
Exploit your virtues.
Release your vices.
Embrace your higher self.
-Matshona Dhliwayo
“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.”
― John Green
In ancient China, the Taoists taught that a constant inner smile, a smile to oneself, insured health, happiness and longevity. Why? Smiling to yourself is like basking in love: you become your own best friend. Living with an inner smile is to live in harmony with yourself. -Mantak Chia
“I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.”
― Pablo Neruda
While seeking revenge, dig two graves - one for yourself. - Douglas Horton
“Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to be.” – Jack Welch
“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
“Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understand the problems of running a country.” – Margaret Thatcher
*points up* And she was right
“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful... that's what matters to me.”
― Steve Jobs
The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
-Plato
“We are all like the bright moon, we still have our darker side.”
― Khalil Gibran