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title: "1 Value Lives Quotes By Peter McWilliams"
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> [AIDS has come upon us with cruel abandon. It has forced us to confront and deal with the frailty of our being and the reality of death. It has forced us into a realization that we must cherish every moment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mcwilliams/aids-has-come-upon-us-with-cruel-abandon-it-has-forced-us-to-confront/)

[Peter McWilliams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mcwilliams/)

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## More by Peter McWilliams

> [Heroes became heroes flaws and all gives us hope. "You mean I don't have to be perfect to fulfill my Dream, to make a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mcwilliams/heroes-became-heroes-flaws-and-all-gives-us-hope-you-mean-i-don-t/)

[Peter McWilliams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mcwilliams/)

> [Choosing what you want to do, and when to do it, is an act of creation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mcwilliams/choosing-what-you-want-to-do-and-when-to-do-it-is-an-act-of-creation/)

[Peter McWilliams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mcwilliams/)

> [there is nothing to be done. only accept it... and hurt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mcwilliams/there-is-nothing-to-be-done-only-accept-it-and-hurt/)

[Peter McWilliams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mcwilliams/)

> [Nothing adventured, nothing attained](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mcwilliams/nothing-adventured-nothing-attained/)

[Peter McWilliams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mcwilliams/)

> [If you want peace with others, don't fight them. Go your own way. Live your own life. If some walk with you, fine. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mcwilliams/if-you-want-peace-with-others-don-t-fight-them-go-your-own-way-live/)

[Peter McWilliams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mcwilliams/)

> [Pettiness seems to go hand in hand with vindictiveness. The smaller the person, the larger the need for revenge. This may account for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mcwilliams/pettiness-seems-to-go-hand-in-hand-with-vindictiveness-the-smaller/)

[Peter McWilliams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mcwilliams/)

> [Prison is a crash course in the darker side of life. Few survive it without becoming a different person: more cynical, jaded, fearful, angry.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mcwilliams/prison-is-a-crash-course-in-the-darker-side-of-life-few-survive-it/)

[Peter McWilliams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mcwilliams/)

> [One of the great joys of life is creativity. Information goes in, gets shuffled about, and comes out in new and interesting ways](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mcwilliams/one-of-the-great-joys-of-life-is-creativity-information-goes-in-gets/)

[Peter McWilliams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mcwilliams/)

> [Nausea is an unsolved problem of medicine and marijuana is the finest anti-nausea medication known to science.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mcwilliams/nausea-is-an-unsolved-problem-of-medicine-and-marijuana-is-the-finest/)

[Peter McWilliams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mcwilliams/)

> [Worrying is the interest paid on a debt you may not owe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mcwilliams/worrying-is-the-interest-paid-on-a-debt-you-may-not-owe/)

[Peter McWilliams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mcwilliams/)

> [Be easier on yourself, on everyone, on everything. Suspend your judgments on the way things should be, must be, and ought to be. Suspending…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mcwilliams/be-easier-on-yourself-on-everyone-on-everything-suspend-your/)

[Peter McWilliams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mcwilliams/)

> [I feel that I am entitled to take medicinal marijuana. In general, I believe that everyone who has a doctor's prescription is entitled to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mcwilliams/i-feel-that-i-am-entitled-to-take-medicinal-marijuana-in-general-i/)

[Peter McWilliams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mcwilliams/)

> [Running from fear only strengthens fear-you are demonstrating that fear has power over you. Fear must be faced and gone through.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mcwilliams/running-from-fear-only-strengthens-fear-you-are-demonstrating-that/)

[Peter McWilliams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mcwilliams/)

> [Positive thoughts: joy, happiness, fulfillment, achievement, worthiness, have positive results: enthusiasm, calm, well-being, ease, energy, love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mcwilliams/positive-thoughts-joy-happiness-fulfillment-achievement-worthiness/)

[Peter McWilliams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mcwilliams/)

> [Some people think that meditation takes time away from physical accomplishment. Taken to extremes, of course, that's true. Most people, however, find that meditation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mcwilliams/some-people-think-that-meditation-takes-time-away-from-physical/)

[Peter McWilliams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mcwilliams/)

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