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Polish – Rumi

“If you are irritated by every rub, how will you be polished?”

– Rumi

Uncompleted task – William James

“Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.”

– William James

Religion – Seneca the Younger

“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.”

– Seneca the Younger

Sticks and stones – Eric Idle

“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will make me go in a corner and cry by myself for hours.”

– Eric Idle

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A thousand candles – Buddha

“A thousand candles may be lit by a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”

– Buddha

Holy ground – Stephen R Covey

“To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground.”

– Stephen R Covey

Tragedy – Stephen Jay Gould

“Few tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life, few injustices deeper than the denial of an opportunity to strive or even to hope, by a limit imposed from without, but falsely identified as lying within.”

– Stephen Jay Gould

Awareness – Albert Einstein

“Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.”

– Albert Einstein

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There you are – Unknown

“Wherever you go, there you are…”

– Unknown

On the first day – Unknown

“On the first day, man created God.”

– Unknown

Big egos – Diana Black

“Big egos are big shields for lots of empty space.”
– Diana Black

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Ride to the airport – Jay Leno

“Go through your phone book, call people and ask them to drive you to the airport. The ones who will drive you are your true friends. The rest aren’t bad people; they’re just acquaintances.”

– Jay Leno

Thoughts and feelings – Charlie Chaplin

“We think too much and feel too little.”

– Charlie Chaplin

Man, Woman – Isak Dinesen

“Man and woman are two locked caskets, of which each contains the key to the other.”

– Isak Dinesen, pen name of Karen Blixen

Winter – Hal Borland

“No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.”

– Hal Borland