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“Here you discover that so long as books are kept open, then minds can never be closed.”
Ronald Reagan

“In his Petersburg world people were divided into two quite opposite sorts. One--the inferior sort: the paltry, stupid, and, above all, ridiculous people who believe that a husband should live with the one wife to whom he is married, that a girl should be pure, a woman modest, and a man, manly, self controlled and firm; that one should bring up one's children to earn their living, should pay one's debts, and other nonsense of the kind. These were the old-fashioned and ridiculous people. But there was another sort of people: the real people to which all his set belonged, who had above all to be well-bred, generous, bold, gay, and to abandon themselves unblushingly to all their passions and laugh at everything else.”
Leo Tolstoy

“I believe the choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and words with the intention to require more from yourself.”
Oprah Winfrey

“If physical fasting is not accompanied by mental fasting it is bound to end in hypocrisy and disaster.”
Mahatma Gandhi

“Let them judge me as they like, I could deceive them, but myself I cannot deceive...and strange to say, in this acknowledgement of his baseness there was something painful yet joyful and quieting. More than once in Nekhlyudov's life there had been what he called, 'a cleansing of the soul.' A state of mind in which, after a long period of sluggish inner life...he began to clear out all the rubbish that had accumulated in his soul and caused the cessation of true life. After such an awakening, Nekhlyudov always made some rules for himself...wrote in his diary, began afresh... ”
Leo Tolstoy

“Don't keep looking for "something" in the bag of "nothing". You will see the same thing again and again no matter how many times you repeat the look.”
Israelmore Ayivor

“What lies ahead of you & what lies behind you is nothing compared to what lies within you.”
Mahatma Gandhi

“KEEP YOUR TONGUE FROM EVIL! For let him who wants to enjoy life and see good days [good—whether apparent or not] keep his tongue free from evil and his lips from guile (treachery, deceit). 1 Peter 3:10”
Joyce Meyer

“Only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars.”
Martin Luther King Jr

“True life is lived when tiny changes occur.”
Leo Tolstoy

“The only way to overcome your fears is to do the thing you fear.”
Brian Tracy

“To live, pray. To learn, read. To love, give. To listen, pay attention. But to be wise, apply all that you have acquired”
Israelmore Ayivor

“If my father hadn’t exactly disappointed me, he remained something unknown, something volatile and vaguely threatening
Barack Obama

“The darker and richer the colors, the more unique and wonderful the fruits, the more power-packed nutrition they contain.”
Rick Warren

“The vocation of every man and woman is to serve people. ”
Leo Tolstoy

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