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“He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.”
― Shannon L. Alder

tags: anxiety, choices, decisions, derailed, fear, goals, life-purpose, living-on-purpose, obstacles, overcoming, road-blocks, secret-of-life

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“I like geography best, he said, because your mountains & rivers know the secret. Pay no attention to boundaries.”
― Brian Andreas, Story People

tags: boundaries, geography, jared-wheat, mountain, mountains, no-boundaries, paying-attention, personal-boundaries, river, rivers, secret, secret-of-life, secrets, the-biggest-secret

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“The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage

tags: meaning-of-life, secret-of-life

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“This is the secret of life: the self lives only by dying, finds its identity (and its happiness) only by self-forgetfulness, self-giving, self-sacrifice, and agape love.”
― Peter Kreeft, Jesus-Shock

tags: agape, catholicism, christianity, god, jesus-shock, love, philosophy, secret-of-life, self-giving, spirituality

89 likes

“Life is an act—most of it, anyway. Get out there today and pretend you’re in charge, for goodness’ sake. Do you hear me? Lift up your head and pretend.” A flicker of a smile passed over her face. “It’s the secret to everything.”
― Kate Alcott, The Dressmaker

tags: being-in-charge, life, pretend, secret-of-life

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