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    Paulo Coelho
    “One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.”
    ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
    tags: love
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    Paulo Coelho
    “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”
    ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
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    Paulo Coelho
    “Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.”
    ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
    tags: inspirational
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    Paulo Coelho
    “It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.”
    ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
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    Paulo Coelho
    “If good things are coming, they will be a pleasant surprise," said the seer. "If bad things are, and you know in advance, you will suffer greatly before they even occur.”
    ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
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    Albert Einstein
    “I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: inspirational
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    Jill Bolte Taylor
    “Take responsibility for the energy you bring.”
    ― Jill Bolte Taylor
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    Khaled Hosseini
    “When you kill a man, you steal a life. You steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness.”
    ― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
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    Khaled Hosseini
    “Life is a train, get on board.”
    ― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
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  • #10
    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: books, humor
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    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
    ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
    tags: accomplishment, attributed-no-source, be-yourself, conformity, individuality
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    Mark Twain
    “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: individuality, majority, minority, pause, reflect, wisdom
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    Oscar Wilde
    “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
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    Mother Teresa
    “If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”
    ― Mother Teresa
    tags: attributed-no-source
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    William Shakespeare
    “Love all, trust a few,
    Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
    Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend
    Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence,
    But never tax'd for speech.”
    ― William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well
    tags: do-wrong, love, trust, wrong
    37099 likes

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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
    62723 likes

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    Mark Nepo
    “…there are no wrong turns, only unexpected paths.”
    ― Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have
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    Leo Tolstoy
    “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
    ― Leo Tolstoy
    tags: change, tolstoy
    12620 likes

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  • #19
    Martin Luther King Jr.
    “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
    ― Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World
    tags: inspirational
    8069 likes

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    Bob Marley
    “None but ourselves can free our minds.”
    ― Bob Marley
    tags: bob-marley, inspirational, music, reggae
    5415 likes

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  • #21
    Albert Einstein
    “If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, simplicity, understand
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    George Harrison
    “If you don't know where you're going, any road'll take you there”
    ― George Harrison
    tags: life, paraphrase-of-lewis-carroll
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    Maya Angelou
    “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
    ― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
    tags: 1970, inspirational, stories, writing
    31670 likes

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    Dalai Lama XIV
    “Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.”
    ― Dalai Lama XIV
    tags: happiness, inspirational
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    “Reflection is the lamp of the heart. If it departs, the heart will have no light.”
    ― Imam Al-Haddad
    tags: islam, religion, spirituality, sufism
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    al-Hasan al-Basri
    “The world is 3 days: As for yesterday, it has vanished along with all that was in it. As for tomorrow, you may never see it. As for today, it is yours, so work on it.”
    ― Hasan Al-Basri
    tags: gratitude, life, reality, world
    234 likes

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  • #27
    You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.
    “You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.”
    ― Mary Tyler Moore
    tags: adversity, bravery, courage, experience, happiness, life
    578 likes

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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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  • #29
    Lao Tzu
    “At the center of your being
    you have the answer;
    you know who you are
    and you know what you want.”
    ― Lao Tzu
    tags: profound, self-awareness, self-discovery
    1312 likes

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  • #30
    Lao Tzu
    “Stop thinking, and end your problems.”
    ― Lao Tzu
    tags: thinking
    1056 likes



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