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Because when the world quiets to the sound of your own breathing, we all want the same things: comfort, love, and a peaceful heart. — Mitch Albom
First know yourself, then you will begin to understand why things are as they are, and why life is as it is. — Leon Brown
The best things in life are free. And it is important never to lose sight of that. So look around you. Wherever you see friendship,… — Neale Donald Walsch
I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest. — John Buchan
Start doing the things you think should be done, and start being what you think society should become. Do you believe in free speech? Then… — Adam Michnik
If you believe in a God who controls the big things, you have to believe in a God who controls the little things. It is… — Elisabeth Elliot
Be happy when you are blamed and accused wrongly, for then you have the chance to see all the bitter, hostile or self-pitying responses that… — Teresa of Avila
These were people so hungry for love that they were accepting substitutes. There were embracing material things and expecting a sort of hug back. But… — Morrie Schwartz
Failure is not an event, but rather a judgment about an event. Failure is not something that happens to us or a label we attach… — John Ortberg
We are all too much inclined, I think, to walk through life with our eyes shut. There are things all round us and right at… — Alexander Graham Bell
All men and women are born, live, suffer and die; what distinguishes us one from another is our dreams, whether they be dreams about worldly… — Joseph Epstein
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music… — Henry David Thoreau
If a man believes and expects great things of himself, it makes no odds where you put him, or what you show him . .… — Henry David Thoreau
Some things cannot be spoken or discovered until we have been stuck, incapacitated, or blown off course for awhile. Plain sailing is pleasant, but you… — David Whyte
I look at you looking at me, Now I know why the best things are free, How you've changed my world You'll never know, I'm… — Monica Denise Brown
All the charming and beautiful things, from the Song of Songs, to bouillabaisse, and from the nine Beethoven symphonies to the Martini cocktail, have been… — H. L. Mencken
Burgundy makes you think of silly things; Bordeaux makes you talk about them, and Champagne makes you do them. — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
My experience through life has convinced me that, while moderation and temperance in all things are commendable and beneficial, abstinence from spirituous liquors is the… — Robert E. Lee
Most people aren't appreciated enough, and the bravest things we do in our lives are usually known only to ourselves. No one throws ticker tape… — Peggy Noonan
The harsh, useful things of the world, from pulling teeth to digging potatoes, are best done by men who are as starkly sober as so… — H. L. Mencken

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