"Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences."

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"The condition you're in at this moment is the product of your previous thoughts, to change your condition, change your thoughts."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"And there wasn't anything he wanted to do that he couldn't make time for. What did he have to mope about, really? What more did he want? Love, he could hear Eve saying. Purpose. Love. Purpose. Those are the things that you can't plan for. Those are the things that just happen. And what if they don't happen? Do you spend your whole life pining for them? Waiting to be happy?"

Rainbow Rowell, American Author

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"Eleanor had never thought about killing herself " ever " but she thought a lot about stopping."

Rainbow Rowell, American Author

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"Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"Fiction is like a spider's web, attached ever so slightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners. Often the attachment is scarcely perceptible."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

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"It can be a beautiful experience to look for the magic that is hidden within the realm of our lives, but let's not let the process blind us to the majesty that is right in front of us."

Steve Maraboli, American Author

Life, Magic, Experience, Majesty

"Your life is a reflection. you don't get what you WANT, you get what you ARE. You gotta BE it to SEE it."

Steve Maraboli, American Author

Life, Reflection, Want, Be, See

"Many like to ask the questions, few like to hear the answers."

Steve Maraboli, American Author

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"This is your life. This is your moment. Think of all you have been through just to get here. MAKE IT COUNT!"

Steve Maraboli, American Author

Life, Moment, Count, Journey

"Be careful! If the opinion of others is your gauge, then it is also your goal. If you concern yourself with what others think, then you can only go as far as others think. You're better than that!"

Steve Maraboli, American Author

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"Prayer opens the heart to God, and it is the means by which the soul, though empty, is filled by God."

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"There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness."

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"The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what separates men rather than for what unites them."

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"The robe of flesh wears thin, and with the years God shines through all things."

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"He disliked emotion, not because he felt lightly, but because he felt deeply."

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"The condition you're in at this moment is the product of your previous thoughts, to change your condition, change your thoughts."

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"Eleanor had never thought about killing herself " ever " but she thought a lot about stopping."

"Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life."

"Fiction is like a spider's web, attached ever so slightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners. Often the attachment is scarcely perceptible."

"It can be a beautiful experience to look for the magic that is hidden within the realm of our lives, but let's not let the process blind us to the majesty that is right in front of us."

"Your life is a reflection. you don't get what you WANT, you get what you ARE. You gotta BE it to SEE it."

"Many like to ask the questions, few like to hear the answers."

"This is your life. This is your moment. Think of all you have been through just to get here. MAKE IT COUNT!"

"Be careful! If the opinion of others is your gauge, then it is also your goal. If you concern yourself with what others think, then you can only go as far as others think. You're better than that!"

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"We can pay our debts to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves."

"To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education."

"Peace is that state in which fear of any kind is unknown."

"Prayer opens the heart to God, and it is the means by which the soul, though empty, is filled by God."

"Every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective."

"There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness."

"The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what separates men rather than for what unites them."

"The robe of flesh wears thin, and with the years God shines through all things."

"He disliked emotion, not because he felt lightly, but because he felt deeply."

"The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there."