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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day:

    - I shall not fear anyone on Earth.
    - I shall fear only God.
    - I shall not bear ill will toward anyone.
    - I shall not submit to injustice from anyone.
    - I shall conquer untruth by truth. And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: bravery, god, goodness, humanity, justice, kindness, peace, suffering
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    Mark Twain
    “God created war so that Americans would learn geography.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: americans, geography, war
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  • #3
    “The rain it raineth on the just
    And also on the unjust fella;
    But chiefly on the just, because
    The unjust hath the just’s umbrella.”
    ― Charles Bowen
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    Fyodor Dostoevsky
    “I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.”
    ― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground
    tags: hell, individualism, irony, selfishness, tea
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    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    “God will not have his work made manifest by cowards”
    ― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance: An Excerpt from Collected Essays, First Series
    tags: individualism, inspirational
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  • #6
    Steve Jobs
    “Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
    ― Steve Jobs
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  • #7
    We accept the love we think we deserve.
    “We accept the love we think we deserve.”
    ― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
    tags: inspirational, love
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  • #8
    “Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”
    ― Narcotics Anonymous
    tags: humor, insanity, life, misattributed-ben-franklin, misattributed-mark-twain, misattributed-to-einstein
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  • #9
    I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn
    “I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
    tags: attributed-no-source, misattributed-marilyn-monroe
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    I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control
    “I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
    tags: attributed-no-source, best, life, love, misattributed-marilyn-monroe, mistakes, out-of-control, truth, worst
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    Oscar Wilde
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, gilbert-perreira, honesty, inspirational, misattributed-oscar-wilde, quote-investigator
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  • #12
    C.S. Lewis
    “[A]ll that we call human history—money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery—[is] the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy.”
    ― C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
    tags: christianity, faith, god, history, religion, theology
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    David Sedaris
    “If you read someone else's diary, you get what you deserve.”
    ― David Sedaris
    tags: diaries, journals, justice, privacy
    491 likes

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    Simone de Beauvoir
    “What an odd thing a diary is: the things you omit are more important than those you put in.”
    ― Simone de Beauvoir, The Woman Destroyed
    tags: diaries, importance, omissions, truth
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    Anaïs Nin
    “By beginning a diary, I was already conceding that life would be more bearable if I looked at it as an adventure and a tale. I was telling myself the story of a life, and this transmutes into an adventure the things which can shatter you.”
    ― Anaïs Nin
    tags: diaries, journal-writing, journals
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    Suzanne Collins
    “Tomorrow will be more hopeful than this awful piece of time we call today”
    ― Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games
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    Nora Roberts
    “If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.”
    ― Nora Roberts
    tags: inspirational
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    Elisabeth Elliot
    “Sometimes...fear does not subside and...one must choose to do it afraid.”
    ― Elisabeth Elliot
    tags: thoughts-for-life
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    J.D. Salinger
    “Make sure you marry someone who laughs at the same things you do.”
    ― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
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    J.D. Salinger
    “An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's.”
    ― J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey
    tags: art
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    J.D. Salinger
    “I think that one of these days," he said, "you're going to have to find out where you want to go. And then you've got to start going there.”
    ― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
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    Franz Kafka
    “I hope it is nothing serious. On the other hand, I must also say that we business people, luckily or unluckily, however one looks at it, very often simply have to overcome a slight indisposition for business reasons.”
    ― Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis
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    Franz Kafka
    “Oh, God”, he thought, “what a strenuous career it is that I’ve chosen! Travelling day in and day out. Doing business like this takes much more effort than doing your own business at home, and on top of that there’s the curse of travelling, worries about making train connections, bad and irregular food, contact with different people all the time so that you can never get to know anyone or become friendly with them. It can all go to Hell!”
    ― Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis
    tags: expat-life
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    Franz Kafka
    “I am a cage, in search of a bird.”
    ― Franz Kafka
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    Franz Kafka
    “Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self.”
    ― Franz Kafka
    tags: books, castle, self
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    Franz Kafka
    “Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.”
    ― Franz Kafka
    tags: honesty, truth-telling, writing
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  • #27
    “Vulnerability is the only authentic state. Being vulnerable means being open, for wounding, but also for pleasure. Being open to the wounds of life means also being open to the bounty and beauty. Don’t mask or deny your vulnerability: it is your greatest asset. Be vulnerable: quake and shake in your boots with it. the new goodness that is coming to you, in the form of people, situations, and things can only come to you when you are vulnerable, i.e. open.”
    ― Stephen Russell, Barefoot Doctor's Guide to the Tao: A Spiritual Handbook for the Urban Warrior
    tags: open-mindedness, taoism, vulnerability
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  • #28
    Brené Brown
    “Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness.”
    ― Brené Brown, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
    tags: courage, truth, vulnerability, weakness
    704 likes

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  • #29
    Paulo Coelho
    “The strongest love is the love that can demonstrate its fragility.”
    ― Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes
    tags: fragility, love, vulnerability
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  • #30
    Haruki Murakami
    “What happens when people open their hearts?"
    "They get better.”
    ― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
    tags: healing, vulnerability
    6692 likes



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