Excerpts of Citations
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The years teach us much the days never knew.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
~Seneca
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The difference between the right word and almost the right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.
~Mark Twain
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Discretion in speech is more than eloquence.
~Sir Francis Bacon
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The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.
~Friedrich Nietzsche
from Ecce Homo, Foreword -
It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding.
~Kahlil Gibran
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To be a saint is the exception; to be upright is the rule. Err, falter, sin, but be upright. To commit the least possible sin is the law for man. Sin is a gravitation.
~Victor Hugo
from Les Miserables -
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.
~Bertrand Russell
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You have enormous untapped power you'll probably never tap, because most people never run far enough on their first wind to ever find they have a second.
~William James
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Intimacy is being seen and known as the person you truly are.
~Amy Bloom
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You're in the midst of a war: a battle between the limits of a crowd seeking the surrender of your dreams, and the power of your true vision to create and contribute. It is a fight between those wh...
~Tony Robbins
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To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
~Plutarch
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Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace ...
~E. H. Chapin
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Gratitude is deeper than thanks. Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness. Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.
~David O. Mckay
from Improvement Era, Nov 1964, 914 -
That is what marriage really means: helping one another to reach the full status of being persons, responsible and autonomous beings who do not run away from life.~Paul Tournier
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We live in deeds, not years; In thoughts not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs...
~Aristotle