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What I "discovered" was that happiness is not something that happens. It is not the result of good fortune or random chance. It is not… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Choosing to take responsibility for ourselves and for the consequences our choices create looks like hard work, but it really sets us free. — Melody Beattie
Children are human beings to whom respect is due, superior to us by reason of their innocence and of the greater possibilities of their future. — Maria Montessori
We are put in situations to build our character... not destroy us. — Nick Vujicic
Faith-not a faith in one's self or in one's own powers but faith in principle; in the Something Great which upholds right, and which may… — Wallace D. Wattles
We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us through that darkness to a safe and sane… — John F. Kennedy
Let us continue to strive together for a more inclusive, democratic, and peaceful future for us all. — Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Is it too late to prevent us from self-destructing? No, for we have the capacity to design our own future, to take a lesson from… — Jean-Michel Cousteau
No one person has to do it all but if each one of us follow our heart and our own inclinations we will find the… — John Denver
I believe that hope for the future depends on each of us taking nonviolence into our hearts and minds and developing new and imaginative structures… — Mairead Corrigan
We must come to terms with our responsibility to be the gatekeepers to end childhood hunger. Our love for life can propel us to share… — Edward James Olmos
Grief rolled across the space between us like a wash of salt water. — Sue Grafton
Heartbreak is life educating us. — George Bernard Shaw
Real grief is not healed by time... if time does anything, it deepens our grief. The longer we live, the more fully we become aware… — Henri Nouwen
When everything is dark, when we are surrounded by despairing voices, when we do not see any exits, then we can find salvation in a… — Henri Nouwen
I know that there is no such thing as death, because our spirit has always been alive and always will be. We are as eternal… — Sylvia Browne
The melody that the loved one played upon the piano of your life will never be played quite that way again, but we must not… — Joshua L. Liebman
Despite our preparation, indeed, despite our age, [the death of a parent] dislodges things deep in us, sets off reactions that surprise us and may… — Joan Didion
I bow in reverence before the emotions of every melted heart....The more intense the delight in their presence, the more poignant the impression of their… — James Martineau
In terms of soul work, we dare not get rid of the pain before we have learned what it has to teach us. — Richard Rohr

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