to wear an air of strangeness in a crowd of sameness always found them out.
“The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.”
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“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
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“To transform the world, we must begin with ourselves; and what is important in beginning with ourselves is the intention. The intention must be to understand ourselves and not to leave it to others to transform themselves or to bring about a modified change through revolution, either of the left or of the right. It is important to understand that this is our responsibility, yours and mine...”
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“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”
― Beloved
― Beloved
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