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Meditations
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"“Never value anything as profitable to thyself which shall compel thee to break thy promise, to lose thy self-respect, to hate any man, to suspect, to curse, to act the hypocrite, to desire anything which needs walls and curtains”" Mar 08, 2014 09:25PM

 
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"That is why the word compassion generally inspires suspicion; it designates what is considered an inferior, second-rate sentiment that has little to do with love. To love someone out of compassion means not really to love." Feb 19, 2014 11:43AM

 
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Milan Kundera
“Love is the longing for the half of ourselves we have lost.”
Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Marcus Aurelius
“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.”
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

Bruce Lee
“Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one”
Bruce Lee

J.R.R. Tolkien
“Fair speech may hide a foul heart.”
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

Milan Kundera
“When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object.”
Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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