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The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery

by Brianna Wiest (Goodreads Author)

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The Art of Being

by Erich Fromm

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Elephants Can Remember (Hercule Poirot, #42)

by Agatha Christie

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Life’s Amazing Secrets: How to Find Balance and Purpose in Your Life by Gaur Gopal Das

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Our silent presence can be more powerful than a million empty words. We all have two ears and one mouth; the amount we listen and the amount we speak should be done proportionately. Rarely do people want an active solution to their problems ...more

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“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.”
― Alphonse Karr, A Tour Round My Garden

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“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
― George Eliot

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“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination.”
― Tommy Lasorda

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“One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.”
― Sigmund Freud

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“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.”
― Elie Wiesel

tags: activism, ethics, justice, philosophy

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