“We live in our desires rather than in our achievements.”
– George Moore
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Three things matter – Unknown
“In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.”
– Unknown
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Ploughing fields – Unknown
“You cannot plough a field by turning it over in your mind.”
– Unknown.
“The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Polish – Rumi
“If you are irritated by every rub, how will you be polished?”
– Rumi
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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
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There you are – Unknown
“Wherever you go, there you are…”
– Unknown
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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
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Butterfly moments – Rabindranath Tagore
“The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.”
– Rabindranath Tagore
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Lighten burdens – Charles Dickens
“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.”
– Charles Dickens
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Think you can – Henry Ford
“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t – you’re right.”
― Henry Ford
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Imperturbability – Unknown
Imperturbability – it’s the result of a peace that passes understanding. For serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm.
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On life – Arundhati Roy
“To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget.”
– Arundhati Roy
“People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
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Calm : Storm – Dorothy Parker
“They sicken of the calm, who knew the storm.”
– Dorothy Parker