All know that the drop merges into the ocean but few know that the ocean merges into the drop.
- Kabir, reformer, poet (late 15th century)
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There is rapture in the lonely shore,
There is society where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar:
I love not man the less, but nature more.
- Lord Byron, poet (1788-1824)
....... The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.
- Thomas Carlyle, writer (1795-1881))
....... You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.
- Erica Jong, writer (1942- )
....... To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has
already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
- Kahlil Gibran, mystic poet, and artist (1883-1931)
....... I wish you all the joy that you can wish.
- William Shakespeare, playwright and poet (1564-1616)
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To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather
than luxury, There are times when we must sink to the bottom of
our misery to Everything that irritates us about others can lead
us to an But words are things, a small drop of ink, The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions
-- the little, Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be
what we know we By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by
reflection, which is "How old would you be if you didn't know how old you
are?" Have patience! In time, even grass becomes
milk. Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in
thinking creates A room without books is like a body without a
soul. The best effect of fine persons is felt after we
have left their Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want
to test a man's "You come to love not by To laugh often and much; to win the respect of
intelligent people and
and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not
respectable, and
wealthy, not, rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and
sages, with
open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk
gently,
await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual,
unbidden
and unconscious, grow up through the common -- this is my
symphony.
- William Henry Channing, clergyman, reformer (1810-1884)
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understand truth, just as we must descend to the bottom of a
well to see
the stars in the broad daylight.
- Vaclav Havel, writer, Czech
Republic president (1936- )
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understanding of ourselves.
- Carl Jung, psychiatrist
(1875-1961)
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Falling like dew upon a thought, produces
That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.
- Lord Byron, poet (1788-1824)
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soon-forgotten charitties of a kiss or smile, a kind look or
heartfelt
compliment.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet
(1772-1834)
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could be.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher
(1803-1882)
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noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and
third, by
experience, which is the bitterest.
- Confucius, philosopher and
teacher (c.551-478 BCE)
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- Charan Singh, mystic (1916-1990)
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profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
- Lao Tzu,
philosopher (6th century B.C.)
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- Marcus Tullius Cicero, statesman, orator, writer (106-43
B.C.)
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presence.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher
(1803-1882)
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character, give him power.
- Abraham Lincoln, U.S.
president (1809-1865)
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finding the perfect
person, but
by seeing an imperfect person
perfectly."
- Sam
Keen
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the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of
honest critics
and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate
beauty; to find
the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether
by a
healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to
know
even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is
to
have succeeded.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher
(1803-1882)
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Be aware that a halo has to fall only a few inches to be a
noose.
- Dan McKinnon
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