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    Kahlil Gibran
    “The deeper that sorrow carves into your being,the more joy you can contain.
    Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven?
    And is not the lute that soothes your spirit, the very wood that was hollowed with knives?
    When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.
    When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.”
    ― Kahlil Gibran
    tags: joy, sorrow
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    Terry Pratchett
    “HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather
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    Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
    “A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.”
    ― Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan
    tags: life, love
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    “The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.”
    ― James D. Nicoll
    tags: english, grammar, humor, misattributed-terry-pratchett, vocabulary
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  • #5
    Julian of Norwich
    “All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well.”
    ― Julian of Norwich
    tags: hope-springs-eternal
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    Laurence J. Peter
    “Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.”
    ― Laurence J. Peter, The Peter Principle
    tags: government, kidding, misattributed-mark-twain, stupidity
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    W.B. Yeats
    “The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.”
    ― W.B. Yeats
    tags: awe, magic, perception, wonder
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    Terry Pratchett
    “Most witches don’t believe in gods. They know that the gods exist, of course. They even deal with them occasionally. But they don’t believe in them. They know them too well. It would be like believing in the postman.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad
    tags: gods, witches
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    Terry Pratchett
    “Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man
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    Terry Pratchett
    “I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.”
    ― Terry Pratchett
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    Terry Pratchett
    “God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players [i.e. everybody], to being involved in an obscure and complex variant of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
    tags: einstein, gaiman, god, humor
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    Mark Twain
    “Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”
    ― Mark Twain
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    Terry Pratchett
    “I’m not superstitious. I’m a witch. Witches aren’t superstitious. We are what people are superstitious of.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith
    tags: humor, philosophy
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    Neil Gaiman
    “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
    ― Neil Gaiman, Coraline
    tags: books, dragons, fairy-tales, inspirational, paraphrasing-g-k-chesterton
    45234 likes

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    Mary Stewart
    “The gods only go with you if you put yourself in their path. And that takes courage.”
    ― Mary Stewart, The Crystal Cave
    tags: initiative
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    Mary Stewart
    “It does not do to neglect the gods of a place, whoever they may be. In the end, they are all one.”
    ― Mary Stewart, Mary Stewart's Merlin Trilogy
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    Mark Twain
    “Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.”
    ― Mark Twain, Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
    tags: books, truth
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    Niels Bohr
    “The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.”
    ― Niels Bohr
    tags: paradoxes, science, truth
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    Niels Bohr
    “How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.”
    ― Niels Bohr
    tags: paradox, physics
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    Linda Hogan
    “Walking. I am listening to a deeper way. Suddenly all my ancestors are behind me. Be still, they say. Watch and listen. You are the result of the love of thousands.”
    ― Linda Hogan
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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: anti-christian, christianity, christians, jesus-christ
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    George Carlin
    “There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls. ”
    ― George Carlin
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    Albert Einstein
    “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, inspirational, life, live, miracle, miracles
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    G.K. Chesterton
    “Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.”
    ― G.K. Chesterton
    tags: fairy-tales, hope, paraphrased, possiblity
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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “I offer you peace.
    I offer you love.
    I offer you friendship.
    I see your beauty.
    I hear your need.
    I feel your feelings.
    My wisdom flows from the highest Source.
    I salute that Source in you.
    Let us work together. For unity and peace.”
    ― Mohandas Gandhi
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    Terry Pratchett
    “Always remember that the crowd that applauds your coronation is the same crowd that will applaud your beheading. People like a show.”
    ― Terry Pratchett
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    “Every child has known God,
    Not the God of names,
    Not the God of don’ts,
    Not the God who ever does Anything weird,
    But the God who knows only 4 words.
    And keeps repeating them, saying:
    “Come Dance with Me , come dance.”
    ― Hafiz
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    Terry Pratchett
    “A witch ought never to be frightened in the darkest forest, Granny Weatherwax had once told her, because she should be sure in her soul that the most terrifying thing in the forest was her.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Wintersmith
    tags: fear, witchcraft, witches
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    Terry Pratchett
    “The men in the room suddenly realized that they did not want to know her better. She was beautiful, but she was beautiful in the way a forest fire was beautiful: something to be admired from a distance, not up close.

    And she held her sword, and she smiled like a knife.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
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  • #30
    Voltaire
    “Perfect is the enemy of good.”
    ― Voltaire
    tags: inspirational, misattributed-to-jim-collins, work-ethic
    380 likes



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