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Naomi’s Quotes

“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”
― E.E. Cummings

tags: attributed-no-source, courage

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“The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.”
― Nicolas Chamfort

tags: god, joy, life, spirituality

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“Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can; all of them make me laugh.”
― W.H. Auden

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“It is to the credit of human nature, that, except where its selfishness is brought into play, it loves more readily than it hates. Hatred, by a gradual and quiet process, will even be transformed to love, unless the change be impeded by a continually new irritation of the original feeling of hostility.”
― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter

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“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt, You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life

tags: confidence

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Readers Against Prejudice and Racism — 188 members — last activity Feb 02, 2018 12:05PM
Hello everyone! This is a group dedicated to people who want to see a more peaceful world and who enjoy learning about other cultures with respect and ...more

Unitarian Universalists — 178 members — last activity Sep 27, 2018 02:42AM
A discussion group for Unitarian Universalists, UU friends, and people interested in Unitarian Universalism. (For more about Unitarian Universalism, v ...more

UU REads — 14 members — last activity Feb 22, 2013 03:30AM
This group is a "place" for Unitarian Universalist Religious Educators to share what they are reading as they seek to understand, to facilitate, and t ...more

Ask Anne Lamott - Thursday, December 12th! — 1183 members — last activity Dec 16, 2014 10:21AM
Join us for a special discussion with author Anne Lamott on Thursday, December 12th! Anne will be discussing her latest book, Stitches, a follow u ...more