"Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials."

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"Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials."

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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."

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"An artist is he for whom the goal and center of life is to form his mind."

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"Her pupils were at once her salvation and her despair. They gave her the means of supporting life, but they made life hardly worth supporting."

P. G. Wodehouse, English Writer

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"If you have never met a woman that would never give up, then you have never met a woman that has seen miracles."

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"People who truly live their lives don't have time to complain or judge others. They're too busy enjoying life and love and everything in between!"

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"Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum."

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Stephen King, American Author

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"No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow."

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"This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change the character of our thought."

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"Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice."

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"Society can exist only on the basis that there is some amount of polished lying and that no one says exactly what he thinks."

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"Today we are afraid of simple words like goodness and mercy and kindness. We don't believe in the good old words because we don't believe in good old values anymore. And that's why the world is sick."

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