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The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy. — Alfred North Whitehead
Very high, very grand, and very wise is the ocean of God, the Water of Life. You went after the form and were lead astray.… — Unknown Author
My own definition of leadership is this: The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which… — Bernard Law Montgomery
A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult. — Melinda Gates
We need a new definition of malnutrition. Malnutrition means under- and over-nutrition. Malnutrition means emaciated and obese. — Catherine Bertini
Don't buy society's definition of success. Because it's not working for anyone. It's not working for women, it's not working for men, it's not working… — Arianna Huffington
The definition of success changes. Success is to live your life with integrity and not give in to peer pressure to be something you're not.… — Ellen DeGeneres
Yet the definition we have made of ourselves is ourselves. To break out of it, we must make a new self. But how can the… — Robert Penn Warren
If we take an examination of what is understood by happiness ... we shall find all its properties ... under this short definition, that it… — Jonathan Swift
Love simply is. That is the testament of Athena or Sherine or Hagia Sofia - love is. No definitions. Love and don't ask too many… — Paulo Coelho
We must refuse to submit to those institutions which are by definition sexist - marriage, the nuclear family, religions built on the myth of feminine… — Andrea Dworkin
Nobody has ever been able to define Jazz satisfactorily. This is probably because anyone who was capable of doing so never really wanted to, knowing… — Unknown Author
I don't have a definition of Jazz. You're just supposed to know it when you hear it. — Thelonious Monk
...Any definition of a culture of peace must address the problem of achieving justice for communities and individuals who do not have the means to… — Mahnaz Afkhami
...secular journalists... tend to accept uncritically the oft - repeated Evangelical Protestant and Conservative Roman Catholic definitions that the Bible is anti - gay. If… — John Shelby Spong
For the perfect idler, for the passionate observer it becomes an immense source of enjoyment to establish his dwelling in the throng, in the ebb… — Charles Baudelaire
The only true liberty is in the service of that which is beyond all limits, beyond all definitions, beyond all human appreciation: that which is… — Thomas Merton
My joy is in your freedom, not your compliance. I do not want your worship, I do not need your obedience, and it is not… — Neale Donald Walsch
The world's major religions in the end all want the same thing, even though they were born in different places and circumstances on this planet.… — Robert Muller
At first, the idea of doing a 90-minute workout in a 40 degree room sounded like torture. But the sweating is exactly what I became… — Rebecca Romijn

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