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  • #1
    Truman Capote
    “Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.”
    ― Truman Capote
    tags: experience, failure, metaphor, success, wisdom
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    J.K. Rowling
    “Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
    tags: dumbledore, philosophy
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    Oprah Winfrey
    “Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.”
    ― Oprah Winfrey
    tags: appreciation, contentment, dissatisfaction, life, perception, positivity, thankfulness, thanksgiving
    2736 likes

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    Catherine of Siena
    “Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.”
    ― St. Catherine of Siena
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    “ONE BUT MANY

    One God, many faces.
    One family, many races.
    One truth, many paths.
    One heart, many complexions.
    One light, many reflections.
    One world, many imperfections.
    ONE.
    We are all one,
    But many.”
    ― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
    tags: complexions, divide, earth, faces, family, global-peace, god, heart, humanity, humans, imperfection, light, love, mankind, many, mind, mirrors, one, parts, paths, race, races, refelections, root-races, sum, temples, tribes, truth, truthism, united, unity, universal, universal-love, we-are-one, world
    100 likes

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    Brad Meltzer
    “Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.”
    ― Brad Meltzer
    tags: compassion, humanity, kindness
    291 likes

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    J.K. Rowling
    “The world isn’t split into good people and Death Eaters.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    tags: black, choices, harry-potter, inside-us, light, sirius, sirius-black
    1968 likes

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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: attributed-no-source, discovery, identity, self-discovery, service
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    Alanis Morissette
    “When pain brings you down, don't be silly, don't close your eyes and cry, you just might be in the best position to see the sun shine.”
    ― Alanis Morissette
    tags: cry, eyes, pain, shine, silly, song-lyrics, sun
    591 likes

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    Prem Jagyasi
    “It's the darkness that enhances the value of light, your success is defined by how you shine in adversity.”
    ― Dr Prem Jagyasi
    tags: achieve, adversity, enhance, importance, light, rise, shine, success, value
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    Gautama Buddha
    “In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.”
    ― Gautama Buddha
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    John Muir
    “In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.”
    ― John Muir
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    F. Max Müller
    “A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love.”
    ― Max Muller
    tags: love, sunshine
    117 likes

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    Debasish Mridha
    “Let the light of hope always enlighten your soul.”
    ― Debasish Mridha
    tags: debasish, debasish-mridha, enlighten-your-soul, hope, light-of-hope, mridha, philosophy, soul
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    Shreyasi Phukon
    “No matter how good or bad you have it, wake up each day thankful for your life. Someone somewhere else is desperately fighting for theirs. Instead of thinking about what you’re missing, try thinking about what you have that everyone else is missing.”
    ― Shreyasi Phukon
    tags: inspirational
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    Mikhail Bulgakov
    “What would your good do if evil didn't exist, and what would the earth look like if all the shadows disappeared?”
    ― Mikhail Bulgakov
    tags: evil, good, shadow
    228 likes

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    Oscar Wilde
    “What men call the shadow of the body is not the shadow of the body, but is the body of the soul.”
    ― Oscar Wilde, A House of Pomegranates
    tags: shadow, soul
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    Haruki Murakami
    “No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself. It’s like your shadow. It follows you everywhere. -Komura”
    ― Haruki Murakami, After the Quake
    tags: run-away, runaway, shadow, travel, yourself
    88 likes

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  • #19
    “Everything in existence has a purpose”
    ― Sunday Adelaja
    tags: destiny, god, honoring-god, honoring-people, image-of-god, kingdom, life, love, loving-god, loving-people, money, nature-of-god, people, principles, purpose, relationship-with-god, serving-god, serving-people, time, values, work, worship
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  • #20
    “Love requires fellowship and relationship with people”
    ― Sunday Adelaja
    tags: destiny, god, honoring-god, honoring-people, image-of-god, kingdom, life, love, loving-god, loving-people, money, nature-of-god, people, principles, purpose, serving-god, serving-people, time, values, work, worship
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  • #21
    “Nature is amazing wonder.”
    ― Lailah Gifty Akita
    tags: beautiful-and-true, beauty, beauty-in-literature, beauty-of-nature, nature, nature-of-god, nature-of-love, nature-of-man, nature-of-things, nature-s-beauty, nature-writing
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    Charles Haddon Spurgeon
    “Visit many good books, but live in the Bible.”
    ― Charles Spurgeon
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    Gordon B. Hinckley
    “True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the well-being of one's companion.”
    ― Gordon B. Hinckley, Stand a Little Taller: Counsel and Inspiration for Each Day of the Year
    tags: inspirational, love
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  • #24
    “Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightening to strike you in the brain, you are not going to make an awful lot of work. All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself.”
    ― Chuck Close, Chuck Close
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    C.S. Lewis
    “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”
    ― C.S. Lewis
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    “The more you humble yourself before God and ask Him to transform you, the better you become at fulfilling your purpose as a husband, which in turn leads to the fulfillment of a healthy, joyful, God-centered marriage.”
    ― Aaron Smith, Husband After God: Drawing Closer To God And Your Wife
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  • #27
    “Let there be light,”
    ― Kenneth L. Barker, NIV Study Bible, Fully Revised Edition
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  • #28
    “The serpent deceived me,”
    ― Kenneth L. Barker, NIV Study Bible, Fully Revised Edition
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    “God wants to hear from you, and He wants you to listen, the balance of both of these will result in great communication--the key to any thriving relationship.”
    ― Aaron Smith, Husband After God: Drawing Closer To God And Your Wife
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    Frank Hammond
    “DEMONS ARE A TOPIC THAT IS MOST OFTEN IGNORED IN CHURCHES TODAY, YET COUNTER TO PREVAILING BELIEFS, DELIVERANCE IS FOR THE BELIEVER, NOT THE UNBELIEVER.”
    ― Frank Hammond, Pigs in the Parlor: The Practical Guide to Deliverance
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