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    Boris Akunin
    “К сожалению, Варвара Андреевна, государство - это не д-дом, а скорее дерево. Его не строят, оно растет само, подчиняясь закону природы, и дело это долгое. Тут не каменщик, т-тут садовник нужен. (Б. Акунин, Турецкий гамбит, с. 80)”
    ― B. Akunin
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    Bernard M. Baruch
    “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
    ― Bernard M. Baruch
    tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter
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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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    Mae West
    “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: humor, life
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    Elbert Hubbard
    “A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”
    ― Elbert Hubbard
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    Maya Angelou
    “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
    ― Maya Angelou
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    J.K. Rowling
    “If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    tags: charles-bayard-mitchell
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    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “Without music, life would be a mistake.”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols
    tags: inspirational, music, philosophy
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    William Shakespeare
    “The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
    ― William Shakespeare, As You Like It
    tags: wisdom
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    André Gide
    “It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
    ― Andre Gide, Autumn Leaves
    tags: life, love
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    Elie Wiesel
    “The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
    ― Elie Wiesel
    tags: activism, apathy, hate, indifference, inspirational, love, opposite, philosophy
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    Oscar Wilde
    “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
    ― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan
    tags: inspirational, optimism, perception, pessimism
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    “The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.”
    ― George Washington Burnap, The Sphere and Duties of Woman: A Course of Lectures
    tags: happiness, inspirational, misattributed-to-chalmers, misattributed-to-joseph-addison, misattributed-to-kant, misattributed-tom-bodett, widely-misattributed
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    Lao Tzu
    “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
    ― Lao Tzu
    tags: courage, deeply-loved, love, strength, widely-misattributed
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    Lao Tzu
    “Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”
    ― Lao Tzu
    tags: acceptance, change, life, reality, serenity
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    Lao Tzu
    “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
    ― Lao Tzu
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    Lao Tzu
    “The best fighter is never angry.”
    ― Lao Tzu
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    Lao Tzu
    “Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.”
    ― Lao-Tzu
    tags: kindness
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    George Carlin
    “Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?”
    ― George Carlin
    tags: humor
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    Isaac Asimov
    “Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.”
    ― Isaac Asimov
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    Isaac Asimov
    “Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.”
    ― Isaac Asimov
    tags: atheism, bible, organized-religion, religion
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    Isaac Asimov
    “Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.”
    ― Isaac Asimov
    tags: humor
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    Mark Twain
    “If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: lies, lying, memory, truth
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    Mark Twain
    “When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: humor
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    Mark Z. Danielewski
    “Maturity, one discovers, has everything to do with the acceptance of ‘not knowing.”
    ― Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves
    tags: acceptance, maturity, uncertainty
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    “Let go of certainty. The opposite isn't uncertainty. It's openness, curiosity and a willingness to embrace paradox, rather than choose up sides. The ultimate challenge is to accept ourselves exactly as we are, but never stop trying to learn and grow.”
    ― Tony Schwartz
    tags: acceptance, certainty, curiosity, growing, learning, letting-go, openness, paradox, uncertainty
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    Joseph Campbell
    “The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.”
    ― Joseph Campbell, A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living
    tags: hero-s-journey
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    Byron Katie
    “It's not your job to like me - it's mine”
    ― Byron Katie
    tags: friendship, relationships
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    D.H. Lawrence
    “I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.”
    ― D.H. Lawrence, The Complete Poems of D.H. Lawrence
    tags: dh-lawrence, self-pity
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    Natsuki Takaya
    “We're all born with selfish desires, so we can all relate to those feelings in others. But kindness is something made individually by each person...so it's easy to misunderstand when others are trying to be kind to you.”
    ― Natsuki Takaya, Fruits Basket Ultimate Edition, Vol. 3
    tags: fruits-basket, kindness, misunderstanding
    367 likes



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