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The willow which bends to the tempest,
often escapes better than the oak which resists it;
and so in great calamities,
it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits
recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner
than those of a loftier character.
- Albert Schweitzer
Every blade of grass has an angel
that bends over it and whispers, "grow! grow!
- Talmud
The moral arc of the universe
bends at the elbow of justice.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
It is not work that kills men; it is worry.
Worry is rust upon the blade.
- Henry Ward Beecher
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Remember that life is an ADVENTURE, and cheer Whee...
all the way down the slippery razor-blade of life.
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Soon we'll be out amid the cold world's strife.
Soon we'll be sliding down the razor blade of life.
But as we go our sordid sep'rate ways,
We shall ne'er forget thee, thou golden college days.
Hearts full of youth,
Hearts full of truth,
Six parts gin to one part vermouth.
- Tom Lehrer - song: Bright College Days,
album: An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer
If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy,
if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you,
if the simple things in nature have a message you understand,
Rejoice, for your soul is alive.
- Eleanora Duse
A mind all logic is like a knife all blade.
It makes the hand bleed that uses it.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Am I not destroying my enemies
when I make friends of them?
- Abraham Lincoln
I am not afraid of storms
for I am learning how to sail my ship.
- Louisa May Alcott
A good traveler has no fixed plans,
and is not intent on arriving.
- Lao Tzu
To know yet to think that one does not know is best;
Not to know yet to think that one knows
will lead to difficulty.
- Lao Tzu
The mind is not a vessel to be filled
but a fire to be kindled.
- Plutarch
Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition,
is not only a waste of energy
but the worst habit you could possibly have.
- Dale Carnegie
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.
- Rabindranath Tagore
When dealing with people, remember you are
not dealing with creatures of logic,
but creatures of emotion.
- Dale Carnegie
The true meaning of life is to plant trees,
under whose shade you do not expect to sit.
- Nelson Henderson
Everything has beauty,
but not everyone sees it.
- Confucius
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
- Lao Tzu
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.
- Marianne Williamson
The world is perfect. It's a mess.
It has always been a mess.
We are not going to change it.
Our job is to straighten out our own lives.
- Joseph Campbell
One does not discover new lands without consenting
to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
- Andre Gide
Stand Tall, Stand Proud.
Know that you are unique and magnificent.
You do not need the approval of others.
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You will not be punished for your anger,
you will be punished by your anger.
- The Buddha
Self-respect is not a function of size, age, or wealth.
Breathe deep, sing loud and sweet,
"I am me, I am unique, I am magnificent."
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Adventure is not outside man; it is within.
- George Eliot
Life is not supposed to be fair.
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Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,
but by the moments that take our breath away.
- Anonymous
The question is not what you look at, but what you see.
- Henry David Thoreau
Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing,
of just going along,
listening to all the things you can't hear,
and not bothering.
- A. A. Milne (Winnie-The-Pooh)
Love one another but make not a bond of love.
Let it rather be a moving sea
between the shores of your souls.
- Khalil Gibran
"Just living is not enough," said the butterfly,
"one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower."
- Hans Christian Andersen
It all depends on how we look at things,
and not how they are in themselves.
- Carl Jung
The essence of life is not in
the great victories and grand failures,
but in the simple joys.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
A ship in harbor is safe -
but that is not what ships are for.
- John A. Shedd
It's not the size of the dog in the fight,
it's the size of the fight in the dog.
- Mark Twain
Lord, grant that I might not so much
seek to be loved as to love.
- St. Francis of Assisi
Do not blame the thistle that you see no beauty.
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The beauty does not live out there;
the beauty's in my eyes.
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You do not need anyone's permission to be your true self.
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Treat those who are good with goodness,
and also treat those who are not good with goodness.
Thus goodness is attained.
Be honest to those who are honest,
and be also honest to those who are not honest.
Thus honesty is attained.
- Lao Tzu
I do not need anyone's permission to be my true self.
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Every child comes with the message
that God is not yet discouraged of man.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession
as they torment us with their loss.
- Epicurus
It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.
- Edmund Hillary
A bird does not sing because it has an answer.
It sings because it has a song.
- Chinese Proverb
"It's not that important,
don't worry about it" is the answer,
now what was the question?
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
We are not held back by the love we didn't receive in the past,
but by the love we're not extending in the present.
- Marianne Williamson
Sometimes we need the fog to remind ourselves
that all of life is not black and white.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
No one is free who is not master of himself.
- Epictetus
One can not reflect in streaming water.
Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.
- Lao Tzu
It is not length of life, but depth of life.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness.
Just because they're not on your road
doesn't mean they've gotten lost.
- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
A man who dares to waste one hour of time
has not discovered the value of life.
- Charles Darwin
Be careful not to do your good deeds
when there's no one watching you.
- Tom Lehrer
Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle,
and the life of the candle will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases by being shared.
- The Buddha
Do not follow where the path may lead.
Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Offense comes not from the mouth, but from the ear.
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We did not change as we grew older;
we just became more clearly ourselves.
- Lynn Hall
Do not let Sunday be taken from you.
If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.
- Albert Schweitzer
Everything is a miracle,
not just the beautiful and lovely things.
- Anonymous
If not us, who, if not now, when?
- Anonymous
Real excellence and humility are
not incompatible one with the other,
on the contrary they are twin sisters.
- Jean Baptiste Lacordaire
We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors,
we borrow it from our children.
- Native American Proverb
If things are not as you wish,
wish them as they are.
- Yiddish Proverb
The pendulum of the mind alternates
between sense and nonsense,
not between right and wrong.
- Carl Jung
A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker.
A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.
- The Buddha
Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers
but to be fearless when facing them.
- Rabindranath Tagore
However many holy words you read, however many you speak,
what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?
- The Buddha
He is a man of courage who does not run away,
but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.
- Socrates
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