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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish
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    Plato
    “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.”
    ― Plato
    tags: attributed-no-source, compassion, kindness
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    Albert Einstein
    “A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: misattributed-to-einstein
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    William Shakespeare
    “This above all: to thine own self be true,
    And it must follow, as the night the day,
    Thou canst not then be false to any man.”
    ― William Shakespeare, Hamlet
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    G.K. Chesterton
    “I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.”
    ― G.K. Chesterton
    tags: inspirational-humor
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    For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life
    “For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching has become a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until he patiently and persistently tries to correct what is wrong. – Bill W.”
    ― Bill W.
    tags: acceptance, habit, honesty, patience, perseverance, self-examination, wisdom
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    T.S. Eliot
    “We shall not cease from exploration
    And the end of all our exploring
    Will be to arrive where we started
    And know the place for the first time.”
    ― T. S. Eliot, Four Quartets
    tags: life-experience, poetry, self-discovery, wisdom
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    Albert Einstein
    “It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave pressure.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: art, cybernetics, science
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    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    “Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.”
    ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
    tags: gratitude
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    William James
    “The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.”
    ― William James
    tags: wisdom
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    T.S. Eliot
    “Teach us to care and not to care”
    ― T.S. Eliot
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  • #12
    Albert Einstein
    “You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: creativity
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    William James
    “Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action. ”
    ― William James
    tags: action, happiness, motivational, work
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    Abraham Lincoln
    “I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
    tags: faith, humility, prayer, surrender
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    Albert Einstein
    “I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: inspirational
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  • #16
    Anne Lamott
    “Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.”
    ― Anne Lamott, Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
    tags: forgiveness, grudges, revenge, spite
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    Albert Einstein
    “It is not that I'm so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: intelligence, learning, wisdom
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    Aldous Huxley
    “Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.”
    ― Aldous Huxley, Texts and Pretexts: An Anthology With Commentaries
    tags: experience
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    Aristotle
    “Anybody can become angry — that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way — that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.”
    ― Aristotle
    tags: anger
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    Stephen R. Covey
    “To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.”
    ― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
    tags: change, perception
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    John Milton
    “The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven..”
    ― John Milton, Paradise Lost
    tags: inspirational, religion
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    Henry David Thoreau
    “The question is not what you look at, but what you see.”
    ― Henry David Thoreau
    tags: inspirational
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  • #23
    Mark Twain
    “Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: inspirational, kindness
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  • #24
    “The deception of others is almost always rooted in the deception of ourselves.”
    ― Bill W, As Bill Sees It: The A.A. Way of Life...Selected Writings of A.A.'s Co-Founder
    tags: dishonesty, honesty
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    Anaïs Nin
    “We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.”
    ― Anaïs Nin
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    C.S. Lewis
    “What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are.”
    ― C.S. Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew
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    Louisa May Alcott
    “I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.”
    ― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
    tags: inspirational-ship-storms
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    Augustine of Hippo
    “Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.”
    ― Augustine of Hippo, Confessions
    tags: christ, christianity, desire, god, heart, jesus, longing, peace, religion, rest, restlessness
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    Aristotle
    “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
    ― Aristotle
    tags: introspection, self-discovery, wisdom
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  • #30
    William Blake
    “A truth that's told with bad intent
    Beats all the lies you can invent.”
    ― William Blake, Auguries of Innocence
    tags: lies, logic, philosophy, religion, truth
    3777 likes



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