"It is ironic that we are particular about flushing out all the dirt through the Drain, but we continue to retain a lot of it in our Brain."

Metaphor, Irony, Mind, Thought, Cleanliness

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"It is ironic that we are particular about flushing out all the dirt through the Drain, but we continue to retain a lot of it in our Brain."

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"Perhaps time's definition of coal is the diamond."

Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese Philosopher

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"Don't let the tall weeds cast a shadow on the beautiful flowers in your garden."

Steve Maraboli, American Author

Metaphor, Weeds, Flowers, Garden, Shadow

"We have the St. Vitus' dance, and cannot possibly keep our heads still."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Metaphor, Body, Mind, Energy, Disease

"For I am a drop of water, I may change but I will never vanish in thin air."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"It was his self-esteem she had sought to destroy, knowing that a man who surrenders his value is at the mercy of anyone's will; it was his moral purity she had struggled to breach, it was his confident rectitude she had wanted to shatter by means of the poison of guilt-as if, were he to collapse, his depravity would give her a right to hers."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

Metaphor, Hope, Journey, Death, Faith

"Nothing is more opaque than absolute transparency. Look-my feet don't hit the marble! Like breath or a balloon, I'm rising, I hover six inches in the air in my blazing swan-egg of light. You think I'm not a goddess? Try me. This is a torch song. Touch me and you'll burn."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

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"How could we forget those ancient myths that stand at the beginning of all races, the myths about dragons that at the last moment are transformed into princesses? Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage."

Rainer Maria Rilke, German Poet

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"Grace is a small white butterfly, and life is a semi trailer careening up 101."

Anne Lamott, American Author

Metaphor, Grace, Life, Fate, Nature

"The log on the fire: is it dreaming of the forest?"

Marty Rubin, American Author

Metaphor, Nature, Dream, Fire, Imagination

"Islands are metaphors of the heart, no matter what poet says otherwise."

Jeanette Winterson, British Novelist

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"What is Fulfillment? Fulfillment is being Blissfully Content...with Pleasure and Peace...with Calmness and Courage...with Joy and Love."

Happiness

"With Time, you can create Money, but with Money you cannot create Time. So Time is more valuable than Money."

Philosophy

"You don't judge a tree by the name it Wears, you judge a tree by the fruit it Bears."

Integrity

"Do what YOU want to do because if you don't, you are nothing but your own slave."

Freedom

"In life, we must first learn to crawl, then stand, then walk, then run, and only then, fly. We cannot crawl into flying."

Growth

"The Wind that Blows, the Water that Flows, the Sun that Glows, are all proof that a Power exists. Believe and Experience the Universal Power."

Spiritual

"Someone who lives meaningfully for 30 years has lived a much longer Life than one who drifted through Life for 60 years."

Life

"In life, some laugh, some cry, some live, some die. The choice is ours to crawl or to fly."

Motivation

"I have no time to Cry because my Focus is to Fly in the Sky!"

Motivation

"Why waste Life trying to have more than what we need. Why not rather Enjoy Life by using what we have."

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