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“It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”

J K Rowling/ Albus Dumbledore

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If we understand by ‘eternity’ not an infinite temporal duration, but a lack of temporality, then he who lives within the present lives eternally.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Allow not sleep to close your eyes before three times reflecting on Your actions of the day. What deeds Done well, what not, what left undone?”

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Beware of overconcern for money, or position, or glory. Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are

Rudyard Kipling

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“How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child

William Shakespeare

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Whoever does not have two-thirds of his day for himself, is a slave, whatever he may be: a statesman, a businessman, an official, or a scholar.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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Any idiot can face a crisis; it's this day-to-day living that wears you out.

Anton Chekov

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If parents and children did not fight then the children would never leave home. And then the world would end.

Len Deighton

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Ring the bells that still can ring, Forget your perfect offering, There is a crack, a crack in everything (there is a crack in everything); That’s how the light gets in…

Excerpt from Leonard Cohen’s song “Anthem”

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The notion of depressive realism implies that the disease has an upside, but I don’t want to misrepresent how deeply dangerous and painful depression is. If untreated, it becomes a game of Russian roulette, with nature pulling the trigger when she decides, and with suicide the outcome. “Depression is a terrifying experience,” said one of my patients, “knowing that somebody is going to kill you, and that person is you.” Suicidal thoughts occur in about half of clinical depressive episodes.

Excerpt From: Nassir Ghaemi. “A First-Rate Madness”.  

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A child is not an empty vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lit

Rabelais

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Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench. Care about people’s approval and you will be their prisoner. Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity. -Lao Tzu-

The Only Path To Serenity | Libertarian Taoist

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The function of freedom is to free someone else.

Toni Morrison 

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Talent is God-given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

John Wooden

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Flotsam and Jetsam turned 10 today!

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He who receives a benefit with gratitude repays the first installment on his debt.

Seneca