"Taro taught me that people respect spirit, but even cowards don't respect cowards."

Character, Respect, Spirit, Courage, Fear

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"Taro taught me that people respect spirit, but even cowards don't respect cowards."

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"The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character."

George Eliot, British Author

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"Failures make character, not success."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

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"Trials makes you to develop the qualities of a successful man."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"When a foundation is built following sound structural principles, with solid, high-quality materials, anything that is layered on top is more secure, durable, and resilient. Your integrity works the same way."

Susan C. Young, American Author

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"Three essential virtues are patient, loyalty and kindness."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Your patient has become humble; have you drawn his attention to the fact? All virtues are less formidable to us once the man is aware that he has them, but this is specially true of humility."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"Fruits of the spirit in the man attract others to him."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"Instead of trying to be taller than others, stronger than others, more superior to others, try to be gentler than others, more compassionate than others, fairer than others!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

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"If you treat yourself well, you will be good to others."

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"I watched the stars and thought of other lives."

Wonder

"We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love."

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"The truth is "#9dream" is a descendant of "Norwegian Wood". Both are ghost stories. "She" in "Norwegian Wood" curses you with loneliness. The "Two spirits dancing so strange" in "#9dream" bless you with harmony. But people prefer loneliness to harmony."

Emotions

"Rights are susceptible to subversion, as even granite is susceptible to erosion. My fifth Declaration posits how, in a cycle as old as tribalism, ignorance of the Other engenders fear; fear engenders hatred; hatred engenders violence; violence engenders further violence until the only "rights, the only law, are whatever is willed by the most powerful."

Justice

"Do," said Louisa finally, "whatever you can't not do."

Inspirational

"You say you're 'depressed' - all i see is resilience. You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn't mean you're defective - it just means you're human."

Mental Health

"A book can't be a half-fantasy any more than a woman can be half pregnant."

Literature

"Have you noticed," said John, "how countries call theirs 'sovereign nuclear deterrents,' but call the other countries' ones 'weapons of mass destruction'?"

Politics

"Lunatics are writers whose works write them, Bat." "Not all lunatics are writers, Mrs. Rey-believe me." "But most writers are lunatics, Bat-believe me. The human world is made up of stories, not people."

Creativity

"Dreams are shores where the ocean of spirit meets the land of matter. Dreams are beaches where the yet-to-be, the once-were, the will-never-be may walk awhile with the still are."

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