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“The woman was made of a rib out of the side of Adam; not made out of his head to rule over him, nor out of his feet to be trampled upon by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be beloved.”
― Matthew Henry, Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible

“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.”
― Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai, The Teaching of Buddha

“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”
― Sharon Salzberg

“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.”
― Buddha Siddhartha Guatama Shakyamuni

“Doubt everything. Find your own light.”
― Gautama Buddha, Sayings of Buddha

“Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.”
― Buddha

“There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.”
― Buddha

“If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.”
― Jack Kornfield, Buddha's Little Instruction Book

“Nothing can harm you as much as your own thoughts unguarded.”
― Buddha

“The past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There's only one moment for you to live, and that is the present moment”
― Buddha

“She who knows life flows, feels no wear or tear, needs no mending or repair.”
― Buddha Siddhartha Guatama Shakyamuni

“You are the community now. Be a lamp for yourselves. Be your own refuge. Seek for no other. All things must pass. Strive on diligently. Don’t give up.”
― Buddha

“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”
― Gautama Buddha, The Teaching of Buddha

“In the end
these things matter most:
How well did you love?
How fully did you live?
How deeply did you let go?”
― Jack Kornfield, Buddha's Little Instruction Book

“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”
― Maya Angelou

“The important thing to you is not how many years in your life, but how much life in your years!”
― Edward J. Stieglitz

“Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.”
― Abraham Lincoln

“If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?”
― Abraham Lincoln

“When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.”
― Abraham Lincoln

“All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.”
― Abraham Lincoln

“Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.”
― Plato

“The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings.”
― Plato, Phaedrus

“I'm trying to think, don't confuse me with facts.”
― Plato

“If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.”
― Plato, The Republic

“Necessity is the mother of invention.”
― Plato

“...and when one of them meets the other half, the actual half of himself, whether he be a lover of youth or a lover of another sort, the pair are lost in an amazement of love and friendship and intimacy and one will not be out of the other's sight, as I may say, even for a moment...”
― Plato, The Symposium

“Love is the pursuit of the whole.”
― Plato

“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”
― Plato

“The greatest wealth is to live content with little.”
― Plato

“Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.”
― Plato