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“Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.”
Epictetus
“Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you.”
— John Green
“When you make a choice, you change the future.”
Deepak Chopra
“The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings.”
John F. Kennedy
“No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.”
Carl Jung
“Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved. ”
D. H. Lawrence
“It is only depth of character that determines the profundity with which we face life.”
Ming-Dao Deng
“The man who has no inner life is a slave to his surroundings.”
— Henri Frederic Amiel
“A gentleman accepts the responsibility of his actions and bears the burden of their consequences.”
William Faulkner
“Genius is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration.”
Thomas Edison
“If there is any delay in that feedback loop between thinking of something and seeing it and building on it, then there is this whole world of ideas which will never be.”
— Bret Victor
“If you're afraid - don't do it, - if you're doing it - don't be afraid! ”
Genghis Khan
“I'm not comfortable being around too many people. I don't like being out in public too much. I don't like going to bars. I don't like doing celebrity stuff. So most of the characters I play are people who don't always feel comfortable beyond their small circle of friends.”
— Adam Sandler
“Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.”
Thomas A. Edison
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”
Colin Powell
“The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.”
— David Russell
“I dream my painting and I paint my dream.”
— Vincent van Gogh
“Self-respect knows no considerations.”
Mahatma Gandhi
“Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.”
Lao Tzu
“Men do not attract which they want but that which they are.”
James Allen
“It is more blessed to give than to receive.”
— Jesus Christ
“Where violence reigns, reason is weak.”
Nicolas Chamfort
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt
“The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.”
Walt Whitman

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