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Ninety-five percent of the beliefs we have stored in our minds are nothing but lies, and we suffer because we believe all these lies. — Miguel Angel Ruiz
We are living at an important and fruitful moment now, for it is clear to men that the images of adult manhood given by the… — Robert Bly
Keep a grateful journal. Every night, list five things that happened this day that you are grateful for. What it will begin to do is… — Oprah Winfrey
Oh, the worst of all tragedies is not to die young, but to live until I am seventy five and yet not ever truly to… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Whenever learners or those beyond learning awaken the mind, for the first time they plant one buddha-nature. Working with the four elements and five clusters,… — Dogen
All my life I have been trying to learn, to read, to see and hear, and to write. At sixty-five I began my first novel… — Carl Sandburg
Twice two makes four seems to me simply a piece of insolence. Twice two makes four is a pert coxcomb who stands with arms akimbo… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Three men were laying brick. The first was asked: " What are you doing? He answered: " Laying some brick." The second man was asked:… — Charles M. Schwab
The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or at… — Benjamin Franklin
In the spiritual life the easiest way to conquer ego is to offer gratitude to God for five minutes daily. If you cannot offer gratitude… — Sri Chinmoy
To speak of certain government and establishment institutions as 'the system' is to speak correctly . . . They are sustained by structural relationships even… — Robert M. Pirsig
Education is thus a most power ally of humanism, and every public school is a school of humanism. What can the theistic Sunday school, meeting… — Charles Francis Potter
I believe in miracles, I believe in the Law of Attraction, but even I don't think I'm big enough to manifest five Asian elephants cloaked… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Every time we hit an air pocket and the plane dropped about five hundred feet (leaving my stomach in my mouth) I vowed to give… — Erica Jong
I asked, "What are words?" The tenzo said, "One, two, three, four, five." I asked again, "What is practice?" "Nothing in the entire universe is… — Dogen
In executing an Artful Strategy: When ten times greater, surround them; When five times greater, attack them; When two times greater, scatter them. If the… — Sun Tzu
Why, friends, you go to do you know not what: Wherein hath Caesar thus deserved your loves? Alas, you know not: I must tell you… — William Shakespeare
I've been singing this song now for twenty five minutes. I could sing it for another twenty five minutes. I'm not proud... or tired. — Arlo Guthrie
Celebrating creates an atmosphere of recognition and positive energy. Imagine a team winning the World Series without champagne spraying everywhere. And yet companies win all… — Jack Welch
I understand. You work very hard two days a week and you need a five-day weekend. That's normal. — Neil Simon

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