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“Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden or, Life in the Woods

“It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.”
― Henry David Thoreau

“Humans are very strange. When you need a hug, they throw you away, when you need condolence , they insult you, and when you need love, they betray you.”
― M.F. Moonzajer

“Of all the hardships a person had to face, none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting.”
― Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns

“A man who has no conscience, no goodness, does not suffer.”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“You all laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you because you're all the same.”
― John Davis

“Innocence is defined in dictionaries as freedom from guilt or sin, especially from lack of knowledge; purity of heart; blamelessness; guilelessness; simplicity, etc.”
― William maxwell

“Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that's where you renew your springs that never dry up. ”
― Pearl S. Buck

“For what can be imagined more beautiful than the sight of a perfectly just city rejoicing in justice alone.”
― Mark Helprin, Winter's Tale

“To make the world a better place, see the world as a better place.”
― Alan Cohen

“The more I learn, the more I yearn.”
― Aaron B. Powell, Priority

“I don't cry because we've been separated by distance, and for a matter of years. Why? Because for as long as we share the same sky and breathe the same air, we're still together.”
― Donna Lynn Hope

“The toughest moment ever in life is the distance between struggle and success.”
― M.F. Moonzajer

“Like a missing tooth, sometimes an absence is more noticeable than a presence.”
― Jodi Picoult, Lone Wolf

“Stone walls do not a prison make,
Nor iron bars a cage.”
― Richard Lovelace, To Althea, from Prison

“Now that I've found the way to fly, which direction should I go into the night?”
― Ally Condie, Matched

“What is it about your voice that
makes me want to hear you speak?”
― Ally Condie, Matched

“The secret of joy is the mastery of pain.”
― Anais Nin

“The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.”
― Anais Nin

“Humanity must forgive 'Humanity', for only then can we be Humane.”
― Ilyas Kassam

“So much of life, it seems, is determined by pure randomness.”
― Sidney Poitier

“Light and Dark: each was unaware that the other existed.”
― Ashim Shanker, Don't Forget to Breathe

“Why are we embarrassed by silence? What comfort do we find in all the noise?”
― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

“Good" is what helps us or at least does not hinder. "Evil" is whatever harms us or interferes with us, according to our own selfish standards.”
― Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Cross Creek

“I wanta swim in rivers and drink goatmilk and talk with priests and just read Chinese books and amble around the valleys talking to farmers and their children.”
― Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums

“Everything has been figured out, except how to live.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre

“Like all dreamers I confuse disenchantment with truth.”
― Jean Paul Sarte

“Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly, and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story. Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love – for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you from misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labours and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.”
― Max Ehrmann, Desiderata: A Poem for a Way of Life

“With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.”
― Max Ehrmann, Desiderata: A Poem for a Way of Life

“As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become. ”
― Jean-Paul Sartre