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“Everybody talks about wanting to change things and help and fix, but ultimately all you can do is fix yourself. And that's a lot. Because if you can fix yourself, it has a ripple effect.”
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“mind that is fast is sick, a mind that is slow is sound, and a mind that is still is divine. This is what the Bible means when it says, “Be still and know that I am God.”
― The Mantram Handbook: A Practical Guide to Choosing Your Mantram and Calming Your Mind
― The Mantram Handbook: A Practical Guide to Choosing Your Mantram and Calming Your Mind
“For me, as for all the world, the War was a tragedy and a vast stupidity, a waste of youth and of time; it betrayed my faith, mocked my love, and irremediably spoilt my career.”
― Testament of Youth
― Testament of Youth
“Unlike the animals, who knew only the present, Man had acquired a past; and he was beginning to grope toward a future.”
― 2001: A Space Odyssey
― 2001: A Space Odyssey
“It was the mark of a barbarian to destroy something one could not understand.”
― 2001: A Space Odyssey
― 2001: A Space Odyssey
Clean Romances
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This group is dedicated to building a up a list of clean romance books. Not "Christian" or "Inspirational" (there are other groups for those), but goo ...more
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