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- Like all wage slaves, he had two crosses to bear: the people he worked for and the people he worked with.
- Stephen Vizinczey, An Innocent Millionaire
- Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful.
- Sophia Loren (1934 - )
- This is the story of America. Everybody's doing what they think they're supposed to do.
- Jack Kerouac (1922 - 1969), On the Road
- In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities. In the expert's mind there are few.
- Shunryu Suzuki
- We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.
- Stephen Covey
- Young cat, if you keep your eyes open enough, oh, the stuff you would learn! The most wonderful stuff!
- Dr. Seuss (1904 - 1991), Seuss-isms
- Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.
- Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)
- Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace!
Where there is hatred let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; Where there is sadness, joy. - Saint Francis of Assisi (1181 - 1226), "Prayer of St Francis" (attributed)
- It would be absurd if we did not understand both angels and devils, since we invented them.
- John Steinbeck (1902 - 1968), East of Eden, Chapter 13, Part II
- No one tests the depth of a river with both feet.
- African Proverb
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