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- He is happiest who hath power to gather wisdom from a flower.
- Mary Howitt
- We feel free when we escape -- even if it be but from the frying pan to the fire.
- Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
- Life is easier than you'd think; all that is necessary is to accept the impossible, do without the indispensable, and bear the intolerable.
- Kathleen Norris
- Love thy neighbor, but pull not down thy hedge.
- John Ray
- I don't believe that life is supposed to make you feel good, or make you feel miserable either. Life is just supposed to make you feel.
- Gloria Naylor
- Why then the worlds mine oyster, Which I with sword shall open.
- Shakespeare
- If you make the world a little better, then you have accomplished a great deal.
- Unknown
- In later life, as in earlier, only a few persons influence the formation of our character; the multitude pass us by like a distant army. One friend, one teacher, one beloved, one club, one dining table, one work table are the means by which one's nation and the spirit of one's nation affect the individual.
- Jean Paul Richter (1763 - 1825)
- Talking and eloquence are not the same thing: to speak, and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
- Ben Johnson, Timber; or, Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter
- For a community to be whole and healthy, it must be based on people's love and concern for each other.
- Millard Fuller
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