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It cannot be wisdom to assert the truth of one faith over another.
In our troubled world so full of contradictions,
the wise person makes justice his guide and learns from all.
- Akbar the Great (1542-1605)
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Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.
- Arthur Schopenhauer 
He who is contented is rich.
- Lao Tzu
What's done is done.
- William Shakespeare
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Life's burdens are lighter when I laugh at myself.
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The purpose of our lives is to be happy.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Happiness walks on busy feet.
- Kitte Turmell
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.
- Rabindranath Tagore
He is richest who is content with the least,
for content is the wealth of nature.
- Socrates
Life is a reflection of intent.
Love reflects love.
Hate reflects hate.
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Silence is a source of great strength.
- Lao Tzu
A good traveler has no fixed plans,
and is not intent on arriving.
- Lao Tzu
The words of truth are always paradoxical.
- Lao Tzu
Always be a first-rate version of yourself,
instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
- Judy Garland
Everything has beauty,
but not everyone sees it.
- Confucius
This above all, to thine own self be true.
- William Shakespeare
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
- Lao Tzu
See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil.
- Japanese pictorial maxim (the Three Wise Monkeys)
When It's Darkest, Men See the Stars.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
I am a Passionate Observer of Life.
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I do not need anyone's permission to be my true self.
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There are no facts, only interpretations.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
There is beauty and adventure in the commonplace
for those with eyes to see beyond.
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The power of imagination makes us infinite.
- John Muir
A well-developed sense of humor
is the pole that adds balance to your steps,
as you walk the tightrope of life.
- William Arthur Ward
What we think, we become.
All that we are arises with our thoughts.
With our thoughts, we make the world.
- The Buddha
You don't have the power to make life "fair,"
but you do have the power to make life joyful.
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Happiness cannot thrive within the prison of obligation
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Beware the Rattlesnake of the Mind.
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Play with life, laugh with life,
dance lightly with life,
and smile at the riddles of life,
knowing that life's only true lessons
are writ small in the margin.
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To the mind that is still,
the whole universe surrenders.
- Lao Tzu
When I let go of what I am,
I become what I might be.
- Lao Tzu
Life is really simple,
but we insist on making it complicated.
- Confucius
Compassion is the basis of morality.
- Arthur Schopenhauer
Clouds come floating into my life,
no longer to carry rain or usher storm,
but to add color to my sunset sky.
- Rabindranath Tagore
People only see what they are prepared to see.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you aren't in the moment,
you are either looking forward to uncertainty,
or back to pain and regret.
- Jim Carrey
The mind is not a vessel to be filled
but a fire to be kindled.
- Plutarch
It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
- Chinese proverb often quoted by Eleanor Roosevelt
Life is as easy or as hard as you think it is.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
God grant me the serenity
To accept the things I cannot change;
the courage to change the things I can;
and the wisdom to know the difference.
- Reinhold Niebuhr (Serenity Prayer)
Choose Inner Peace.
Nothing is worth losing your inner peace.
Take action as circumstances require,
but never surrender your inner peace.
Stop. Breathe deeply.
Close your eyes and breathe deeply again.
Then, and only then, take action -
from a peaceful heart.
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Drop the sword - for there is but one flesh to wound,
and it is the one flesh of all humankind.
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We don't see things as they are,
we see things as we are.
- Anais Nin
Blessings flow toward gratitude.
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I am a Passionate Observer of Life.
I See the events, feel the emotions,
and recognize the difference.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.
- Yiddish Proverb
Change what you see,
by changing how you see.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Bringing a childlike wonder
and a beginner's mind to life
maximizes both success and joy.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
"Just living is not enough," said the butterfly,
"one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower."
- Hans Christian Andersen
Where there's a will, there's a way.
- old English proverb
Life is a succession of lessons
which must be lived to be understood.
- Helen Keller
Footprints in the sands of time...
Where have you been?
Where are you going?
Why are you going there?
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He is richest who is content with the least.
- Socrates
The Main Thing is to Keep
The Main Thing The Main Thing.
- Stephen Covey
He who knows others is wise.
He who knows himself is enlightened.
- Lao Tzu
Talent is God-given; be humble.
Fame is man-given; be thankful.
Conceit is self-given; be careful.
- John Wooden
Would you rather be right or happy?
- A Course in Miracles
Choose your Habits, Choose your Life.
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Comparisons are odious.
- old English Proverb
The enlightened give thanks
for what most people take for granted.
- Michael Beckwith
Time, like life itself, has no inherent meaning.
We give our own meaning to time as to life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- Anonymous
A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue,
but the parent of all other virtues.
- Cicero
Life is not supposed to be fair.
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Is today a day to gather strength from the storm -
a day to to learn life lessons for the next battle?
Or is today a day to sit by the fire
and watch the storm rage outside?
Either way, the storm is just life.
Give thanks for all of Life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Success is getting what you want;
happiness is wanting what you get.
- Dale Carnegie
The River of Life has no meaning,
no good, no bad, no better, no worse,
no love, no hate, no fear, no anger, no joy.
The River of Life has no judgment, no expectation.
The River of Life just IS.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The life of inner peace,
being harmonious and without stress,
is the easiest type of existence.
- Norman Vincent Peale
Don't Take Anything Personally.
Nothing others do is because of you.
- Miguel Angel Ruiz (don Miguel Ruiz)
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