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"The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means."

"The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means."

Georges Bernanos, French Author

Society, Corruption, End, First

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"Once, he hadn't been able to touch her without causing himself pain. Now, it only hurt when he didn't touch her."

"Once, he hadn't been able to touch her without causing himself pain. Now, it only hurt when he didn't touch her."

Nalini Singh, New Zealander Author

Affection, Love, Pain, Healing, Connection

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"To find the deep meaning of life, you must get lost in the blue sky and go beyond your comfort zone."

"To find the deep meaning of life, you must get lost in the blue sky and go beyond your comfort zone."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Meaning, Life, Comfort, Sky

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"All that is not eternal is eternally out of date."

"All that is not eternal is eternally out of date."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Philosophy, Eternity, Time, Change

56

"Genuine awe connects us with the world in a new way."

"Genuine awe connects us with the world in a new way."

Sharon Salzberg, American Author

Awe, Connection, Wonder, World

56

"It is better to travel on the rough right road than smooth wrong way."

"It is better to travel on the rough right road than smooth wrong way."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Decision, Travel, Right, Wrong, Journey

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"The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world."

"The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world."

Marianne Williamson, American Author

Forgiveness, Healing, Practice, World

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"I wonder in what way I would function as a person, in a society without ever attending school. I'd be myself."

"I wonder in what way I would function as a person, in a society without ever attending school. I'd be myself."

J.R. Rim, American Author

Individuality, Individual, Education, Freedom, Identity

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"If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair."

"If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Truth, Comfort, Despair, End

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"It's not how you start that's important, but how well you finish!"

"It's not how you start that's important, but how well you finish!"

Jim George, American Author

Success, Effort, Determination, Goal

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"Writer's block is the greatest side effect of boredom."

"Writer's block is the greatest side effect of boredom."

Jason Zebehazy, American Author

Boredom, Effect, Writer

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"When someone demands blind obedience, you'd be a fool not to peek."

"When someone demands blind obedience, you'd be a fool not to peek."

Jim Fiebig, American Author

Blind, Fool, Obedience

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"Privilege is when you can afford to sit back and criticize others who have to fight for the things you take for granted."

"Privilege is when you can afford to sit back and criticize others who have to fight for the things you take for granted."

DaShanne Stokes, American Author

Privilege, Awareness, Injustice, Empathy

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"People change only under two circumstances, one is called Inspiration and the other Desperation!!!! Unfortunately, both give results!"

"People change only under two circumstances, one is called Inspiration and the other Desperation!!!! Unfortunately, both give results!"

Harrish Sairaman, Indian Author

Motivation, Change, Inspirational, Desperation, Growth

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"Reality is in the ether, a blend of present-day experiences infused with one's memories and dreams. A life that is real to one is surreal to another."

"Reality is in the ether, a blend of present-day experiences infused with one's memories and dreams. A life that is real to one is surreal to another."

Fennel Hudson, British Author

Reality, Memory, Dream, Experience

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"Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart."

"Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart."

Abraham Cahan, Lithuanian Author

Humility, Heart, Conceit, Envy, Fight

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"Don't be afraid to fail. Don't waste energy trying to cover up failure. Learn from your failures and go on to the next challenge. It's OK to fail. If you're not failing, you're not growing."

"Don't be afraid to fail. Don't waste energy trying to cover up failure. Learn from your failures and go on to the next challenge. It's OK to fail. If you're not failing, you're not growing."

H. Stanley Judd, American Author

Failure, Challenge, Energy, Trying

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"Recalibration of the mind means clearing our perceptions and recovering our capacity for pure observation."

"Recalibration of the mind means clearing our perceptions and recovering our capacity for pure observation."

Ilchi Lee, South Korean Author

Clarity, Mind, Perception, Observation

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"There was a distinction between lying and telling half-truths, but it was a very narrow one."

"There was a distinction between lying and telling half-truths, but it was a very narrow one."

Alexander McCall Smith, British Author

Ethics, Truth, Deception, Wisdom, Observation

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"I see the sunRISE, you too can rise!"

"I see the sunRISE, you too can rise!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Motivation, Sunrise, Hope, Rising, Action

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"Bigotry that is known and visible is bigotry that can be challenged."

"Bigotry that is known and visible is bigotry that can be challenged."

DaShanne Stokes, American Author

Confrontation, Bigotry, Visibility, Justice, Courage

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"As the eagle was killed by the arrow winged with his own feather, so the hand of the world is wounded by its own skill."

"As the eagle was killed by the arrow winged with his own feather, so the hand of the world is wounded by its own skill."

Helen Keller, American Author

Wisdom, Skill, World

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"I do not believe that gifts, whether of mind or character, can be weighed like sugar and butter."

"I do not believe that gifts, whether of mind or character, can be weighed like sugar and butter."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Neglect, Emptiness, Decay, Passage, Silence

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"Those in your inner circle can significantly influence your success and the progress you make towards achieving your dreams."

"Those in your inner circle can significantly influence your success and the progress you make towards achieving your dreams."

Mensah Oteh, Nigerian Author

Network, Influence, Success, Truth, Support

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"The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other well."

"The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other well."

Elias Canetti, Swiss Author

Aphorisms, Writers

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"I didn't have all the answers, but at least I had a goal. Revenge. Who cared if it would eat me up inside and leave me hollow?"

"I didn't have all the answers, but at least I had a goal. Revenge. Who cared if it would eat me up inside and leave me hollow?"

Brandon Sanderson, American Author

Emotion, Revenge, Goal, Darkness

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"Persuasion is often more effectual than force."

"Persuasion is often more effectual than force."

Aesop, Greek Author

Persuasion, Force

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"You'll find as you grow older that you weren't born such a great while ago after all. The time shortens up."

"You'll find as you grow older that you weren't born such a great while ago after all. The time shortens up."

William Dean Howells, American Author

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"Once California belonged to Mexico and its land to Mexicans; and a horde of tattered feverish Americans poured in. And such was their hunger for land that they took the land, stole Sutter's land, Guerrero' s land, took the grants and broke them up and growled and quarreled over them, those frantic hungry men; and they guarded with guns the land they had stolen. They put up houses and barns, they turned the earth and planted crops. And these things were possession, and possession was ownership.The Mexicans were weak and fed. They could not resist, because they wanted nothing in the world as frantically as the Americans wanted land."

"Once California belonged to Mexico and its land to Mexicans; and a horde of tattered feverish Americans poured in. And such was their hunger for land that they took the land, stole Sutter's land, Guerrero' s land, took the grants and broke them up and growled and quarreled over them, those frantic hungry men; and they guarded with guns the land they had stolen. They put up houses and barns, they turned the earth and planted crops. And these things were possession, and possession was ownership.The Mexicans were weak and fed. They could not resist, because they wanted nothing in the world as frantically as the Americans wanted land."

John Steinbeck, American Author

History, Ownership, Conflict, Land

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"If you truly love yourself then you will take 100% full responsibility for your thoughts and actions."

"If you truly love yourself then you will take 100% full responsibility for your thoughts and actions."

Matthew Donnelly, American Author

Responsibility, Self-Love, Accountability, Awareness

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"Through joy, the Soul confirms your ability to remain victorious - even in the midst of defeat."

"Through joy, the Soul confirms your ability to remain victorious - even in the midst of defeat."

Eleesha, British Author

Joy, Soul, Victory, Resilience

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"If one really wants to learn, one has to decide what is important. Spending an evening on the town? Attending a ball game? Or learning something that can be with you your life long?"

"If one really wants to learn, one has to decide what is important. Spending an evening on the town? Attending a ball game? Or learning something that can be with you your life long?"

Louis L'Amour, American Author

Education, Learning, Priority, Choice, Life

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"We lost track of which was which, but we were fairly sure that some of the creatures had been borne away still in the darkness of paganism, and that worried us a good deal."

"We lost track of which was which, but we were fairly sure that some of the creatures had been borne away still in the darkness of paganism, and that worried us a good deal."

Marilynne Robinson, American Author

Reflection, Fear, Uncertainty, Observation, Curiosity

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"Unconditional Love is the outer expression of Inner Peace."

"Unconditional Love is the outer expression of Inner Peace."

Alaric Hutchinson, American Author

Harmony, Love, Peace, Compassion, Balance

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"Tea should be as bitter as wormwod and as sharp as a two eged swordKit Snicket (a series of unfortunate events)"

"Tea should be as bitter as wormwod and as sharp as a two eged swordKit Snicket (a series of unfortunate events)"

Lemony Snicket, American Author

Life, Tea, Bitterness, Reality

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"Our village was built on the Ohio River, and was a halting place on this great national road, then the only avenue of traffic between the South and the North."

"Our village was built on the Ohio River, and was a halting place on this great national road, then the only avenue of traffic between the South and the North."

Rebecca H. Davis, American Author

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"Twinkle, twinkle little bat How I wonder what you're at! Up above the world you fly, Like a tea-tray in the sky."

"Twinkle, twinkle little bat How I wonder what you're at! Up above the world you fly, Like a tea-tray in the sky."

Lewis Carroll, English Author

Fantasy, Sky, Tea, Wonder, World

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"Personal discontent and lost illusion is the catalysis and the principal theme for every book ever written. The sign of maturity is when a person finally realizes that they would rather live truthfully than persist indulging his or her comforting delusions."

"Personal discontent and lost illusion is the catalysis and the principal theme for every book ever written. The sign of maturity is when a person finally realizes that they would rather live truthfully than persist indulging his or her comforting delusions."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

Discontent, Illusion, Maturity, Truth

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"How to 'live' in a state of awe when life is mundane and ordinary?"

"How to 'live' in a state of awe when life is mundane and ordinary?"

Ann Voskamp, Canadian Author

Awe, Ordinary, Wonder, Presence

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"I watched you undress. Shame on you!"

"I watched you undress. Shame on you!"

Ljupka Cvetanova, Macedonian Author

Relationship, Observation, Shame, Affection, Privacy

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"Hiding behind titles to create security is insecurity."

"Hiding behind titles to create security is insecurity."

Richie Norton, American Author

Insecurity, Security, Identity, Appearance

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"When we are young we think our troubles a mighty business " that the world is spread out expressly as a stage for the particular drama of our lives and that we have a right to rant and foam at the mouth if we are crossed. I have done enough of that in my time."

"When we are young we think our troubles a mighty business " that the world is spread out expressly as a stage for the particular drama of our lives and that we have a right to rant and foam at the mouth if we are crossed. I have done enough of that in my time."

George Eliot, British Author

Adolescence, Youth, Drama, Life, Emotion

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"Sex loses all its power and magic when it becomes explicit, mechanical, overdone, when it becomes a mechanistic obsession. It becomes a bore. You have taught us more than anyone I know how wrong it is not to mix it with emotion, hunger, desire, lust, whims, caprices, personal ties, deeper relationships that change its color, flavor, rhythms, intensities."

"Sex loses all its power and magic when it becomes explicit, mechanical, overdone, when it becomes a mechanistic obsession. It becomes a bore. You have taught us more than anyone I know how wrong it is not to mix it with emotion, hunger, desire, lust, whims, caprices, personal ties, deeper relationships that change its color, flavor, rhythms, intensities."

Anais Nin, American Author

Love, Sex, Power, Emotion, Relationship

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"Happiness is not a state of being. Happiness is a vector, it is movement."

"Happiness is not a state of being. Happiness is a vector, it is movement."

Neal Shusterman, American Author

Happiness, Movement, Progress, Energy

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"What had seemed easy in imagination was rather hard in reality."

"What had seemed easy in imagination was rather hard in reality."

L. M. Montgomery, Canadian Author

Reality, Imagination, Dream, Difficulty

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"Problems are like Balloons. We let them unnecessarily blow up."

"Problems are like Balloons. We let them unnecessarily blow up."

R.V.M., Indian Author

Perspective, Problem, Fear, Mind

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"Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow."

"Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow."

Aesop, Greek Author

Illusion, Shadow

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"This you may say of man - when theories change and crash, when schools, philosophies, when narrow dark alleys of thought, national, religious, economic, grow and disintegrate, man reaches, stumbles forward, painfully, mistakenly sometimes. Having stepped forward, he may slip back, but only half a step, never the full step back."

"This you may say of man - when theories change and crash, when schools, philosophies, when narrow dark alleys of thought, national, religious, economic, grow and disintegrate, man reaches, stumbles forward, painfully, mistakenly sometimes. Having stepped forward, he may slip back, but only half a step, never the full step back."

John Steinbeck, American Author

Philosophy, Man, Change, Progress

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"In essence, you are neither inferior nor superior to anyone. True self-esteem and true humility arise out of that realization. In the eyes of the ego, self-esteem and humility are contradictory. In truth, they are one and the same."

"In essence, you are neither inferior nor superior to anyone. True self-esteem and true humility arise out of that realization. In the eyes of the ego, self-esteem and humility are contradictory. In truth, they are one and the same."

Eckhart Tolle, German Author

Wisdom, Self-Esteem, Humility, Ego

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"I thank God for my handicaps for through them I have found myself my work and my God."

"I thank God for my handicaps for through them I have found myself my work and my God."

Helen Keller, American Author

Gratitude, Disability, Faith, Work

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