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bethmes · 2 years ago
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We write about the chaos of the world as if we are always victims and never the perpetrators.
- Unknown
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bethmes · 4 years ago
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"In the majority of cases, people, even evil-doers, are much more naïve and artless than we generally assume. As indeed, we are ourselves."
The brothers karamazov, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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bethmes · 4 years ago
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The key is not the mere pursuit of wealth, but changing your beliefs about it so you can see it as a means for contribution, not the end-all and be-all for happiness.
'Awaken the giant within' by Anthony Robbins
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bethmes · 5 years ago
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Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice.
Good to Great by Jim Collins
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bethmes · 5 years ago
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"Sharp words and sharper smiles"
Once Upon a One Night Stand by @simonesaidwhat
From wattpad
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bethmes · 5 years ago
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"That which you manifest is before you"
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth stein
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bethmes · 5 years ago
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"Weakness and corruption isn't in the world, it's in people. And it always will be. The world just needs good people to balance it out."
The mortal instruments: city of glass, by Cassandra Clare
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