“I think one’s feelings waste themselves in words, they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.”
– Florence Nightingale
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Mad – Mark Twain
“When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries of life disappear and life stands explained.”
– Mark Twain
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Windmills – Chinese proverb
“When the winds of change blow, some build walls and others build windmills.”
– Chinese proverb
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Stars – Sir James Jeans
“6 specks of dust inside Waterloo Station represent-or rather over-represent-the extent to which space is crowded with stars.”
– Sir James Jeans
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Second-rate – Doris Lessing
“What’s terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don’t need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you’re capable of better.”
– Doris Lessing
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Best friend – Henry Ford
“My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.
– Henry Ford
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Random senseless acts – Ann Herbert
“Practice random acts of kindness, and senseless acts of beauty”.
– Ann Herbert
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The chemistry of mind – Shams Tabrizi
‘The chemistry of mind is different from the chemistry of love. The mind is careful, suspicious, he advances little by little. He advices “Be careful, protect yourself” Whereas love says “Let yourself, go!” The mind is strong, never fells down, while love hurts itself, fells into ruins. But isn’t it in ruins that we mostly find the treasures? A broken heart hides so many treasures.’
– Shams Tabrizi
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A union of independence – Wayne Dyer
“A relationship based on love…is one in which each partner allows the other to be what he chooses, with no expectations and no demands. It is a simple association of two people who love each other so much that each would never expect the other to be something that he wouldn’t choose for himself. It is a union of independence, rather than dependence.”
– Wayne Dyer
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Love – Stephen Chbosky
“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
– Stephen Chbosky
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What God thinks of money – Dorothy Parker
“If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.”
– Dorothy Parker
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Normal – Joe Ancis
“The only ‘normal’ people are those you don’t know very well.”
– Joe Ancis
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Seven things that will destroy us – Gandhi
“There are seven things that will destroy us: Wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, religion without sacrifice, politics without principal, science without humanity, and business without ethics.”
– Gandhi
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Happiness – Ernest Hemingway
“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.”
– Ernest Hemingway
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The miracle of man – Robert Ardrey
“We were born of risen apes, not fallen angels, and the apes were armed killers besides. And so what shall we wonder at? Our murders and massacres and missiles, and our irreconcilable regiments? Or our treaties whatever they may be worth; our symphonies however seldom they may be played; our peaceful acres, however frequently they may be converted to battlefields; our dreams however rarely they may be accomplished. The miracle of man is not how far he has sunk but how magnificently he has risen. We are known among the stars by our poems, not our corpses.”
– Robert Ardrey