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    J. Krishnamurti
    “The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.”
    ― J. Krishnamurti
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    Ann Landers
    “Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.”
    ― Ann Landers
    tags: acceptance, courage, judgement, letting-go, strength
    2164 likes

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    Elie Wiesel
    “There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.”
    ― Elie Wiesel
    tags: activism, ethics, justice, philosophy
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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day:

    - I shall not fear anyone on Earth.
    - I shall fear only God.
    - I shall not bear ill will toward anyone.
    - I shall not submit to injustice from anyone.
    - I shall conquer untruth by truth. And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: bravery, god, goodness, humanity, justice, kindness, peace, suffering
    2932 likes

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    Benjamin Franklin
    “Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.”
    ― Benjamin Franklin
    tags: equity, justice, laws
    1368 likes

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  • #6
    William Penn
    “Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.”
    ― William Penn
    tags: justice
    259 likes

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  • #7
    Bob Dylan
    “Couldn't help but make me feel ashamed to live in a land where justice is a game.”
    ― Bob Dylan
    tags: hurricane, justice
    62 likes

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  • #8
    Samuel Johnson
    “Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my doing so.”
    ― Samuel Johnson
    tags: injustice, justice
    47 likes

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  • #9
    George Carlin
    “The planet is fine. The people are fucked.”
    ― George Carlin
    tags: funny, humanity, humor
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  • #10
    “What they did to me does not matter, what matters is I survived the circumstance.”
    ― Lailah Gifty Akita, The Wings of Hope: Survivor
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  • #11
    “Never give in to the obstacles that lie in your path towards the achievement of your dreams.”
    ― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
    tags: achieve-your-dreams, obstacles
    24 likes

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    C.G. Jung
    “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”
    ― Carl Gustav Jung
    tags: knowing-others, perception, self-awareness, understanding
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    Terry Goodkind
    “I am who I am; no more, no less.”
    ― Terry Goodkind, Wizard's First Rule
    tags: inspirational, self-awareness, self-realization
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  • #14
    “We ought to live and not to worry about life.”
    ― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
    tags: courage-quotes, determination-quotes, determined-spirit, dont-give-up, dont-worry, life-quotes, live-life-quotes
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  • #15
    Ellis Peters
    “... What is done matters, but what is yet to do matters far more.”
    ― Ellis Peters, Dead Man's Ransom
    tags: deeds, do-good
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  • #16
    “Do good even if no one is watching you and do it as if everyone is watching you.”
    ― Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes
    tags: be-nice, darkness, do-good, everyone, food-for-thought, good, israelmore-ayivor, light, light-and-darkness, no-one, secret
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  • #17
    Nova Ren Suma
    “Most people, in the end, really are all on their own.”
    ― Nova Ren Suma, Imaginary Girls
    tags: lonley, revelation
    67 likes

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  • #18
    George Orwell
    “Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”
    ― George Orwell, 1984
    tags: truth
    16212 likes

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  • #19
    John Lennon
    “The more I see, the less I know for sure.”
    ― John Lennon
    tags: beatles, life, perception, truth
    4666 likes

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    Rita Mae Brown
    “Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.”
    ― Rita Mae Brown, Alma Mater
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    George Washington
    “It is better to be alone than in bad company.”
    ― George Washington
    tags: character, honor, reputation
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    Shannon L. Alder
    “Reputation is what others think of us; character is what God knows of us. When you have spent what feels like eternity trying to repair a few moments of time that destroyed the view others once had of you then you must ask yourself if you have the problem or is it really them? God doesn’t make us try so hard, only enemies do.”
    ― Shannon Alder
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    Wayne W. Dyer
    “Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what the reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character.”
    ― Wayne W. Dyer
    tags: character, reputation
    329 likes

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    Tucker Max
    “If people try to judge you or shame you for doing safe, consensual things that make you happy, I can guarantee you they're bad people.”
    ― Tucker Max, Assholes Finish First
    tags: happyness, judging, shame
    77 likes

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    Bob Dylan
    “Don't criticize what you can't understand.”
    ― Bob Dylan
    tags: condemnation, criticism, song-lyrics
    1386 likes

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    Elbert Hubbard
    “To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.”
    ― Elbert Hubbard, Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Vol. 3: American Statesmen
    tags: criticism
    1448 likes

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    Banksy
    “Your mind is working at its best when you're being paranoid.
    You explore every avenue and possibility of your situation
    at high speed with total clarity.”
    ― Banksy, Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall
    794 likes

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    William S. Burroughs
    “Paranoia is just having the right information.”
    ― William S. Burroughs
    tags: culture, paranoia, william-s-burroughs-quotes
    84 likes

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    Seanan McGuire
    “Call me paranoid. I'm frequently right.”
    ― Seanan McGuire, A Local Habitation
    tags: paranoia
    38 likes

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  • #30
    Shannon L. Alder
    “Your attachment to unhealthy people and bad habits, which offer you no real control, is why you’re spiritually dying and living a life out of balance.”
    ― Shannon L. Alder
    135 likes



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