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There is no closer bond than the one that gratefulness celebrates, the bond between giver and thanksgiver. Everything is a gift. Grateful living is a… — David Steindl-Rast
If we look to the answer as to why for so many years we achieved so much, prospered as no other people on earth, it… — Ronald Reagan
The path of self-purification is hard and steep. One has to become absolutely passion-free in thought, speech and action to rise above the opposing currents… — Mahatma Gandhi
To be unattached is not to renounce the world. If you renounce the world you are attached to the world; otherwise why should you renounce… — Rajneesh
If you want to remain totally free, then don't choose. That's where the teaching of choiceless awareness comes in. Why the insistence of the great… — Rajneesh
She feels so contented in giving birth to a child, in helping the child to grow; and that's why she does not need any other… — Rajneesh
The body is there because the mind seeks desires through the body; desires cannot be fulfilled without the body. You can be completely fulfilled without… — Rajneesh
A really wise man is feminine, receptive, passive. That's why Buddha looks so feminine. That quality of passiveness, that quality of receptivity... He is just… — Rajneesh
Be passive. In your passivity, God comes. Be feminine. In your femininity, God comes. Have you not watched it? Buddha looks very feminine, Krishna looks… — Rajneesh
Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet? — Lily Tomlin
Life is both pleasure and pain, is it not? But why should we cling to pleasure and avoid pain? Why not merely live with both?… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
In heaven there is no beer. That's why we drink ours here. — Frank Yankovic
I don't know why that putt hung on the edge. I'm a clean liver. It must be my caddie. — JoAnne Carner
Why am I using a new putter? Because the last one didn't float too well. — Craig Stadler
Michelle is 14. Give her a couple of years to get stronger. I mean, she can play on this tour. If she keeps working, keeps… — Ernie Els
If I can hit a curveball, why can't I hit a ball that is standing still on a course? — Larry Nelson
"On what motivated Colorado voters: "Let's face it, the War on Drugs was a disaster. It may be well intentioned ... but it sent millions… — John Hickenlooper
Scientists themselves readily admit that they do not fully understand the consequences of our many-faceted assault upon the interwoven fabric of atmosphere, water, land and… — Prince Charles
Perhaps we're too embarrassed to change or too frightened of the consequences of showing that we actually care. But why not risk it anyway? Begin… — Princess Diana
An interest in the brain requires no justification other than a curiosity to know why we are here, what we are doing here, and where… — Paul D. MacLean

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