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“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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“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: happiness

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“After years of having a dog, you know him. You know the meaning of his snuffs and grunts and barks. Every twitch of the ears is a question or statement, every wag of the tail is an exclamation.”
― Robert R. McCammon, Boy's Life

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“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
― Anne Frank, Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex: A Collection of Her Short Stories, Fables, and Lesser-Known Writings

tags: activism, life, optimism, philosophy, world

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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul

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Mental Health Matters! This is just a little book community to support anyone who also needs Mental Health Support. Sometimes our mental health iss ...more

The book you like most — 50650 members — last activity 2 minutes ago
This group (ranked in the TOP 100 most popular groups on Goodreads) is dedicated to the "Vision and Story" project. Additionally, the group THE BOOK ...more

The Deity Book Club — 455 members — last activity 15 hours, 43 min ago
Welcome to our group here you can make friends, suggest and review books. This is a place for avid readers so please keep this group going by communic ...more

What next, now notifications are reduced, DMs abolished, so GR is dying? — 314 members — last activity Jun 10, 2026 08:01PM
On 20 Sept 2024, GR removed the option for email notifications, without telling users (unless they looked at the "help" page). In-app/web notification ...more

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