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- What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined... to strengthen each other... to be one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.
- George Eliot (1819 - 1880)
- The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball - the further I am rolled, the more I gain.
- Susan B. Anthony (1820 - 1906)
- Men are afraid to rock the boat in which they hope to drift safely through life's currents, when, actually, the boat is stuck on a sandbar. They would be better off to rock the boat and try to shake it loose.
- Thomas Szasz
- Happiness is essentially a state of going somewhere, wholeheartedly, one-directionally, without regret or reservation.
- William H. Sheldon
- We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders.
- Maya Angelou (1928 - )
- You find yourself refreshed by the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy.
- Lydia M. Child
- Laughter is an instant vacation.
- Milton Berle (1908 - 2002)
- Learn to value yourself, which means: to fight for your happiness.
- Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982)
- A harbor, even if it is a little harbor, is a good thing... It takes something from the world, and has something to give in return.
- Sarah Orne Jewett (1849 - 1909)
- The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.
- Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882)
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