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Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword. - R. Buckminster Fuller

“Have you ever noticed how ‘What the hell’ is always the right decision to make?”
― Terry Johnson

A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him. - Ezra Pound

“Life is a journey, and sometimes that journey takes us to dark places.” – Unknown

Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. - William Congreve

“What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.”
― Gabriel Garcia Marquez

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
-Plato

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way. - Henry David Thoreau

“Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them” – George Eliot

Nothing binds you except your thoughts; nothing limits you except your fear; and nothing controls you except your beliefs. –Marianne Williamson

A real failure does not need an excuse. It is an end in itself. - Gertrude Stein

“Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.”
― Haruki Murakami

An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason. - C. S. Lewis

The forests, oceans, rivers, mountains, caves, and stars are the only temples you will need.
-Leo Lourdes

We do survive every moment, after all, except the last one. - John Updike

“The moon is whole all the time, but we can’t always see it. What we see is an almost moon or not-quite moon. The rest is hiding just out of view, but there’s only one moon, so we follow it in the sky. We plan our lives based on its rhythms and tides.” - Jeanette Winterson

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. - Ayn Rand

There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm. ~Willa Sibert Cather

Whether it’s the best of times or the worst of times, it’s the only time we’ve got. - Art Buchwald

The only secret of magic is that I'm willing to work harder on it than you think it's worth. - Penn Jillette

“Without darkness, nothing comes to birth, as without light, nothing flowers.” – May Sarton

If you want to understand today you have to search yesterday.
-Pearl S. Buck

“Take responsibility of your own happiness, never put it in other people’s hands.”
― Roy T. Bennett

Life has a higher end, than to be amused. - William Ellery Channing

A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives." Unknown

On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. - H. L. Mencken

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. -Aristotle

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change. - Confucius

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

A cult is a religion with no political power. - Tom Wolfe

“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.” —Maya Angelou

We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it. - John F. Kennedy

“You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice.” – Bob Marley

I am a slow walker, but I never walk back. - Abraham Lincoln

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.
-Edgar Allan Poe

"Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind." - Nathaniel Hawthorne

Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It's the fear that we're not good enough. - Shrene Brown

“In order to write about life first you must live it.”– Ernest Hemingway

A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed. - Henrik Ibsen

"Don’t settle for what life gives you; make life better and build something." — Ashton Kutcher

A year from now you may wish you had started today. -Karen Lamb

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham Lincoln

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.-Albert Einstein

"There are no happy endings. Endings are the saddest part, so just give me a happy middle and a very happy start."

~ Shel Silverstein

The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable. - H. L. Mencken

“One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.”
― Sigmund Freud

"I like criticism. It makes you strong." — LeBron James

The adventure of life is to learn. The purpose of life is to grow. The nature of life is to change. The challenge of life is to overcome. The essence of life is to care. The opportunity of life is to serve. The secret of life is to dare. The spice of life is to befriend. The beauty of life is to give. -William Arthur Ward

The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time. - Johann Kaspar Lavater

I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation - Coretta Scott King

Your birth is a mistake you'll spend your whole life trying to correct. – Chuck Palahniuk

Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.- Bertrand Russell

Don’t speak evil of someone if you don’t know for certain, and if you do know ask yourself, why am I telling it? - Johann Kaspar Lavater

“She used to tell me that a full moon was when mysterious things happen and wishes come true.” - Shannon A. Thompson

When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter. - Logan Pearsall Smith

“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”
― Edgar Allan Poe

What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing to stop the killing of a human being? - Jose Saramago

“Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.” —Emily Dickinson

"It’s a terrible thing, I think, in life, to wait until you’re ready." Hugh Laurie

“Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your heart or burn down your house, you can never tell.” – Joan Crawford

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other. - Abraham Lincoln

The unexamined life is not worth living." — Socrates

If a guy is intimidated by a woman in leadership, he has real problems with his own concepts of masculinity. That's a harsh statement, but I believe it to be true. - Tony Campolo

*True That*

“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

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The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it. - Albert Einstein

Man is made by his belief. As he believes so he is. Bhagavad Gita

We are never happy; we can only remember that we were so once. - Alexander Smith

There are two types of people: those that talk the talk and those that walk the walk. People who walk the walk sometimes talk the talk but most times they don't talk at all, 'cause they walkin'. Now, people who talk the talk, when it comes time for them to walk the walk, you know what they do?~~ D Jay from Hustle and Flow

If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime. - Jack Kerouac

“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.” — Carl Jung

I learned a long time ago that reality was much weirder than anyone's imagination. - Hunter S. Thompson

“Hunger drives the wolf out of the wood.” – German Proverb