"For every Pharoah there is a Moses."

Struggle, Opposition, Power, Freedom

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"What is life but an ongoing war?"

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

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"People simply say "Struggles bring you success, but they do not understand that those struggles certainly fuck us too."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

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"My desperation is deliberate. Despondency's a pheromone."

Kris Kidd, American Writer

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"Every moment thou waitest does but increase thy misery, thine attempts to plume thyself and make thyself fit for Jesus are all vanity."

Charles Spurgeon, British Clergyman

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"Travel brings wisdom only to the wise. It renders the ignorant more ignorant than ever."

Joe Abercrombie, English Novelist

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"He seemed to be lying on the bed. He could not see very well. Her youthful, rapacious face, with blackened eyebrows, leaned over him as he sprawled there."'How about my present?' she demanded, half wheedling, half menacing."Never mind that now. To work! Come here. Not a bad mouth. Come here. Come closer. Ah!"No. No use. Impossible. The will but not the way. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. Try again. No. The booze, it must be. See Macbeth. One last try. No, no use. Not this evening, I'm afraid."All right, Dora, don't you worry. You'll get your two quid all right. We aren't paying by results."He made a clumsy gesture. 'Here, give us that bottle. That bottle off the dressing-table.'"Dora brought it. Ah, that's better. That at least doesn't fail."

George Orwell, British Author

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"The demons are not easily dispatched, instead attaching themselves to otherwise beautiful things, a favorite food or a love note left for you, to see how you react when they rear up."

Thomm Quackenbush, American Author

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"I'm Bipolar with PTSD there's no shortage of pain inside of me."

Stanley Victor Paskavich, American Politician

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"Discouragement is root of distress."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is me. After the explosion, I spent the rest of the day putting the pieces together."

Ray Bradbury, American Writer

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"The more you look, the less you see."

Perception

"From time to time ponder whether you are unconsciously saying:'Truth is what I happen to be thinking at this moment."

Reflection

"Change only happens when the mind is willing to change."

Change

"No one is without fault. We can only aim to improve."

Growth

"If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you are given, not what you want to be given. Give what cannot be taken."

Generosity

"Nobody can stand between you and knowledge if you are fit for it."

Knowledge

"The most important thing about the quest for knowledge is that it should never end."

Learning

"Learn about hornets from those who have been stung by them."

Knowledge

"You have to learn to look at things in a new way."

Perspective

"Show a man too many camels' bones,or show them to him too often,and he will not be able to recognize a camel when he comes across a live one."

Perception