http://www.virtuesforlife.com/gratitude-in-difficult-times/
If the only prayer you said was Thank You, that would be enough.
– Meister Eckhart
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/15189-if-the-only-prayer-you-said-was-thank-you-that
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Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
– Frequently attributed to von Goethe, but unsourced
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That moment when you finish a book, look around, and realize that everyone is just carrying on with their lives as though you didn’t just experience emotional trauma at the hands of a paperback.
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http://knightstavern.org/the-pessimist-complains-about-the-wind-the-optimist-expects-it-to-change-the-realist-adjusts-the-sails
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
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What did we know about those closest to us, really? No one ever dared speak plainly about desire; no one said the word out loud.
– Alice Hoffman, Second Nature
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The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
– Cicero, De Officiis on Duties; Or, on Obligations
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No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from.
– George Eliot, Daniel Deronda
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/100879-no-evil-dooms-us-hopelessly-except-the-evil-we-love
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Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
– Dale Carnegie, but often attributed to coach John Wooden
http://www.quoteworld.org/quotes/11931
I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.
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