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“Always do what you are afraid to do.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”
― E.E. Cummings

“Humanity is a parade of fools, and I am at the front of it, twirling a baton.”
― Dean Koontz

“Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it.”
― Stephen Colbert

“I do not think God makes bad things happen just so that people can grow spiritually. Bad parents do that, my mother said. Bad parents make things hard and painful for their children and then say it was to help them grow. Growing and living are hard enough already; children do not need things to be harder. I think this is true even for normal children. I have watched little children learning to walk; they all struggle and fall down many times. Their faces show that it is not easy. It would be stupid to tie bricks on them to make it harder. If that is true for learning to walk, then I think it is true for other growing and learning as well.
God is suppose to be the good parent, the Father. So I think God would not make things harder than they are. I do not think I am autistic because God thought my parents needed a challenge or I needed a challenge. I think it is like if I were a baby and a rock fell on me and broke my leg. Whatever caused it was an accident. God did not prevent the accident, but He did not cause it, either.... I think my autism is an accident, but what I do with it is me.”
― Elizabeth Moon, The Speed of Dark

“There is an unspoken agreement in every successful relationship: "I'm not perfect and you're not perfect. I can ignore your imperfections if you can ignore mine. I choose to spend my life in your company.”
― Rick Cormier, MiXED NUTS or What I've Learned Practicing Psychotherapy

“Love is how you treat someone.”
― Rick Cormier, MiXED NUTS or What I've Learned Practicing Psychotherapy

“Many of our flaws are old emotional defenses which may fade away when we're loved in spite of them.”
― Rick Cormier, MiXED NUTS or What I've Learned Practicing Psychotherapy

“Three things make up who we are as individuals: what we think, what we feel, and what we do. If we manage to change any one of these three aspects of ourselves, the other two will follow.”
― Rick Cormier, MiXED NUTS or What I've Learned Practicing Psychotherapy

“Can miles truly separate you from friends... If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there?”
― Richard Bach

“The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof.”
― Richard Bach, Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

“There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.”
― Howard Zinn

“How can you have a war on terrorism when war itself is terrorism?”
― Howard Zinn