“Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.”
– Abraham Lincoln
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Scientist and artist – James Agee
“Isn’t every human being both a scientist and an artist; and in writing of human experience, isn’t there a good deal to be said for recognizing that fact and for using both methods? ”
– James Agee
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Vision – Jonathan Swift
“Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.”
– Jonathan Swift
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Lost – Edmund Spenser
“For there is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought.”
– Edmund Spenser
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Attitude – Zig Ziglar
“Your attitude, not your aptitude will determine your altitude.”
– Zig Ziglar
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Roasted duck – Ancient Proverb
“The man who waits for roasted duck to fly into mouth must wait very long time.”
– Ancient Proverb
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Things – Marcus Aurelius
“See what things are in themselves, dividing them into matter, form and purpose.”
– Marcus Aurelius
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Actions of men – John Locke
“I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.”
– John Locke
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Eternal truth – Soren Kierkegaard
“May I catch my reader not in the net of passion, nor by the artfulness of eloquence, but by the eternal truth of conviction.”
– Soren Kierkegaard
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Love yourself – Sogyal Rinpoche
“What does it mean to love yourself? It means to embrace every aspect of your being with unconditional love. On a deeper level, it means letting your buddha nature, your inherent, fundamental goodness, manifest and love the whole of you completely, including all your ordinary messy, and confused aspects. It is allowing the light to shine from within and dispel the darkness of ignorance.
Loving yourself means embracing yourself without any judgment. You do not judge your negativity and your habitual tendencies, because they are not solid or real. It is only because you believe in them and strengthen them, through constant repetition, that they appear so solid and strong. In actuality they are not strong at all. Realizing this, you see that they are not that solid and they are not that powerful.”
– Sogyal Rinpoche
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On Marriage
Kahlil Gibran
You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore.
You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days.
Ay, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God.
But let there be spaces in your togetherness,
And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.
Love one another, but make not a bond of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Fill each other’s cup but drink not from one cup.
Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf
Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone,
Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.
Give your hearts, but not into each other’s keeping.
For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.
And stand together yet not too near together:
For the pillars of the temple stand apart,
And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other’s shadow.
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Character – Aristotle
“It is their character indeed that makes people who they are. But it is by reason of their actions that they are happy or the reverse.”
– Aristotle
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Tolerance – The Dalai Lama
“In the practice of tolerance, one’s enemy is the best teacher…”
– The Dalai Lama
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Artist – F. Scott Fitzgerald
“An artist is someone who can hold two opposing viewpoints and still remain fully functional.”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Creating – George Bernard Shaw
“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
– George Bernard Shaw