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“We live in this world like a child who enteres a room where a clever person is speaking. The child did not hear the beginning of the speech, and he leaves before the end; and there are certain things which he hears but does not understand. In the same way, the great speech of [...]

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Maybe a little opinionated… but you all know how I feel anyway… even if you don’t agree with these few quotes… do take the time and think about them, challenge your own thoughts and become stronger in them because of it…
“People think that if they call mass murder “war,” then mass murder will stop being [...]

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Well doing some homework and came across this paragraph so I thought I would share it…
“I believe - please note, I am only supposing- that what I care about most is the freedom of man, the liberation of the individual man from the network of moral and social convention in which he believes, or [...]

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“Conquer rage with humility, conquer evil with goodness, conquer greed with generosity, and conquer lies with truth.” Dhammapada, a book of Buddhist Wisdom

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“To improve ourselves, to move toward that goal, perfection, that puts no less a demand on us for being unattainable, requires solitude, removal from the concerns of everyday life. And yet constant solitude renders self-improvement impossible, if not pointless. A balance must be struck between meditating in solitude and then applying this to [...]

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“Try to live your life and be happy with your destiny, acquiring inner peace by love and good deeds.” Marcus Aurelius
Life should and can be limitless joy.” Leo Tolstoy

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“Life in this world is not a vale of tears, not a trial, but a thing that surpasses our imagination. Life could be limitless joy, if we only take it for what it is, in the way it is given to us.” Leo Tolstoy

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“When you carry your burden, you should know that it is good for you to have it. Make the best of this burden and take from it everything which is necessary for your intellectual life, as your stomach takes from food everything necessary for your flesh, or as fire burns brighter after you put some [...]

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“Do not despair. Do not be disappointed if you see that you cannot accomplish all the good which you would like to accomplish. If you fall, try to stand up; try to overcome the obstacle before you. Get to the heart of the matter, to the essence of things.” Marcus Aurelius

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