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Our age can be determined by the ways in which we allow ourselves to play. —Louis Walsh— Too few of us laugh as heartily as we might. We often fail to see the humorous side of our lives. So we respond gravely to most situations, certain that a serious perspective is called for. When we […]
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There is no cardinal who does not aspire to the papacy. —Stendahl— When we think of it, there is something truly remarkable in fact that practically all human beings want to be better than they are. what a hopeful reading of the human race—four billion people, all eager to improve themselves! For many of the […]
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Fear is only an illusion. It is the illusion that creates the feeling of separateness—the false sense of isolation that only exists in your imagination. —Jeraldine Saunders— We are only alone in our minds. In reality, we are each contributing and necessary parts offering completion to the wholeness of the universe. Our very existence guarantees […]
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He that knew all that learning ever writ Knew only this—that he knew nothing yet. —Aphra Behn— It’s true that the more information we have about the world, the more clearly we see the shape of what we don’t know. It’s also true that we don’t need to learn anything at all in order to […]
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The most prophetic utterances have emanated from the most poetical minds. —William F. R. Stanley— What we call poetry is a capacity to use language so freely, so beautifully, and with so much imagination that it transforms ordinary words. What we call prophecy is the ability to see through the complex machinery of the present […]
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Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win By fearing to attempt. —William Shakespeare— Our own doubts are our greatest barriers in any endeavors. We are only free and able to accomplish what we think we can. When doubt arises, defeat is not far behind. However, that principle is […]
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Resolve to be thyself and know that he who finds himself loses his misery. —Matthew Arnold— How confusing the issues in our lives can be when we try to accommodate all the views of the persons in our midst, persons who share few opinions in common. Agreeing with first one and then another is dizzying, […]
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The body repeats the landscape. They are the source of each other and create each other. —Meridel Le Sueur— The beautiful correspondences that structure the world—from the five pointed star in the core of the apple to the snail-shell spiral of our inner ear—can be a source of great comfort to us. When we feel […]
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In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments—there are consequences. —Robert G. Ingersoll— In life, as in nature, we experience the consequences of our actions. Some consequences benefit us in very positive ways. Others teach harsh lessons. But no action avoids having some effect on the lives of other people, too. It is fortunate that […]
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I too am born and grown to be this thing only; to be Anna in the world. —Anna Rydstedt Dannstedt— In all the world there is no one like you or no one like me.Even identical twin are not wholly alike. The sum of genetic information, experience, learning, desire, and memory that makes up each […]