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"Just because your pain is understandable, doesn't mean your behavior is acceptable."

"Just because your pain is understandable, doesn't mean your behavior is acceptable."

Steve Maraboli, American Author

Insight, Pain, Behavior, Understanding, Acceptable

37

"Our people, though capable of strong and durable feeling, were not demonstrative in their affection at any time, least of all in the presence of guests or strangers."

"Our people, though capable of strong and durable feeling, were not demonstrative in their affection at any time, least of all in the presence of guests or strangers."

Charles Eastman, Sioux Author

Time, People, Affection, Feeling

37

"There is a music of the universes in every heart."

"There is a music of the universes in every heart."

Amit Ray, Indian Author

Connection, Music, Universe, Heart, Spirit

37

"Why are women... so much more interesting to men than men are to women?"

"Why are women... so much more interesting to men than men are to women?"

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Man, Men, Women

36

"People were incredibly kind to our family and went out of their way to help."

"People were incredibly kind to our family and went out of their way to help."

Kazuo Ishiguro, Japanese Author

Family, People, Help

36

"It is as well perhaps that this is not the first time I have been swept off my feet. In the days of my blessed youth there were such occasions; in what young person's life do they not occur?"

"It is as well perhaps that this is not the first time I have been swept off my feet. In the days of my blessed youth there were such occasions; in what young person's life do they not occur?"

Knut Hamsun, Norwegian Author

Life, Time, Feet, First

36

"On some level, now, we are joining the larger world and realizing that we are connected with people in these very scary ways, sometimes. What happened recently in Spain affects us here and brings questions up. It is too bad that people have to be shaken up in that way."

"On some level, now, we are joining the larger world and realizing that we are connected with people in these very scary ways, sometimes. What happened recently in Spain affects us here and brings questions up. It is too bad that people have to be shaken up in that way."

Edwidge Danticat, Haitian Author

People, Now, Questions, Spain

36

"I think Haiti is a place that suffers so much from neglect that people only want to hear about it when It's at its extreme. And that's what they end up knowing about it."

"I think Haiti is a place that suffers so much from neglect that people only want to hear about it when It's at its extreme. And that's what they end up knowing about it."

Edwidge Danticat, Haitian Author

People, End, Extreme, Neglect

36

"The hospitality of the wigwam is only limited by the institution of war."

"The hospitality of the wigwam is only limited by the institution of war."

Charles Eastman, Sioux Author

War, Hospitality

36

"As photographs give people an imaginary possession of a past that is unreal, they also help people to take possession of space in which they are insecure."

"As photographs give people an imaginary possession of a past that is unreal, they also help people to take possession of space in which they are insecure."

Susan Sontag, American Author

People, Help, Past, Possession

36

"There is a frustration too, that at moments when there's not a coup, when there are not people in the streets, that the country disappears from people's consciousness."

"There is a frustration too, that at moments when there's not a coup, when there are not people in the streets, that the country disappears from people's consciousness."

Edwidge Danticat, Haitian Author

People, Consciousness, Country, Frustration

36

"People shouldn't be ashamed of what they are. And it will help them, to gain self esteem and confidence."

"People shouldn't be ashamed of what they are. And it will help them, to gain self esteem and confidence."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

Empowerment, Confidence, Self-Esteem, Identity, Pride

36

"To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization."

"To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization."

Harriet Beecher Stowe, American Author

36

"People who want alternative information have to try so hard to find it."

"People who want alternative information have to try so hard to find it."

Edwidge Danticat, Haitian Author

People, Information, Want

36

"Silence remains, inescapably, a form of speech."

"Silence remains, inescapably, a form of speech."

Susan Sontag, American Author

Silence, Speech

36

"The logical man must either deny all miracles or none, and our American Indian myths and hero stories are perhaps, in themselves, quite as credible as those of the Hebrews of old."

"The logical man must either deny all miracles or none, and our American Indian myths and hero stories are perhaps, in themselves, quite as credible as those of the Hebrews of old."

Charles Eastman, Sioux Author

Miracles, American, Man, Myths

35

"A smile is a sunny spirit."

"A smile is a sunny spirit."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Positivity, Smile, Sunny, Spirit, Joy

35

"I only understand realism."

"I only understand realism."

Manuel Puig, Argentinian Author

Movies, Realism

35

"Indian names were either characteristic nicknames given in a playful spirit, deed names, birth names, or such as have a religious and symbolic meaning."

"Indian names were either characteristic nicknames given in a playful spirit, deed names, birth names, or such as have a religious and symbolic meaning."

Charles Eastman, Sioux Author

Name, Deed, Meaning, Names, Religious

35

"Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become."

"Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Life, Literature, Reality, Respect

35

"I started writing movie scripts. They excited me a lot, but I didn't like them when they were finished because they were simple copies of the films I saw in childhood."

"I started writing movie scripts. They excited me a lot, but I didn't like them when they were finished because they were simple copies of the films I saw in childhood."

Manuel Puig, Argentinian Author

Family, Childhood, Writing

35

"A few men's fight for the survival is stronger than a nation's fight for the wealth."

"A few men's fight for the survival is stronger than a nation's fight for the wealth."

M.F. Moonzajer, Afghan Author

Survival, Fight, Strength, Truth

35

"We don't have to be fast, we simply have to be steady and move in the right direction. Direction is always going to trump speed."

"We don't have to be fast, we simply have to be steady and move in the right direction. Direction is always going to trump speed."

Toni Sorenson, American Author

Strategy, Speed, Direction, Patience, Success

35

"People aren't really aware of what's happening in other places."

"People aren't really aware of what's happening in other places."

Edwidge Danticat, Haitian Author

35

"Death is lighter than a feather. Duty, heavier than a mountain."

"Death is lighter than a feather. Duty, heavier than a mountain."

Robert Jordan, American Author

Responsibility, Death, Duty, Burden, Life

35

"Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in high places costs self-denial; in all places it is liable to opposition, but its end is glorious, and the universe will yet do it homage."

"Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in high places costs self-denial; in all places it is liable to opposition, but its end is glorious, and the universe will yet do it homage."

Charles Simmons, American Author

Love, Men, Greatness, End

35

"You are born to be magical, gorgeous and beautiful inside and out. So express your beauty and fear not."

"You are born to be magical, gorgeous and beautiful inside and out. So express your beauty and fear not."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Beauty, Magical, Beautiful, Inside, Out

35

"Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back."

"Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back."

Friedrich Durrenmatt, Swiss Author

Thought, Nothing

34

"I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's closer to our dreams."

"I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's closer to our dreams."

Manuel Puig, Argentinian Author

Dream, Dreams, Cinema, Reality

34

"A decision once taken brings peace to a man's mind and eases his soul."

"A decision once taken brings peace to a man's mind and eases his soul."

Mika Waltari, Finnish Author

Peace, Soul, Decision, Man

34

"What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter."

"What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter."

Abraham Cahan, Lithuanian Author

Reflection, Wind, World

34

"That is, we believed, the supreme duty of the parent, who only was permitted to claim in some degree the priestly office and function, since it is his creative and protecting power which alone approaches the solemn function of Deity."

"That is, we believed, the supreme duty of the parent, who only was permitted to claim in some degree the priestly office and function, since it is his creative and protecting power which alone approaches the solemn function of Deity."

Charles Eastman, Sioux Author

Power, Duty, Office

34

"Imagination is as good as many voyages - and how much cheaper!"

"Imagination is as good as many voyages - and how much cheaper!"

George William Curtis, American Author

34

"Knowledge is like money: to be of value it must circulate, and in circulating it can increase in quantity and, hopefully, in value."

"Knowledge is like money: to be of value it must circulate, and in circulating it can increase in quantity and, hopefully, in value."

Louis L'Amour, American Author

Wisdom, Knowledge, Quantity, Value

34

"And the fact that Haiti was occupied for 19 years by the United States, from 1915 to 1934."

"And the fact that Haiti was occupied for 19 years by the United States, from 1915 to 1934."

Edwidge Danticat, Haitian Author

Fact, States, United, Years

34

"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

34

"He died not for men, but for each man. If each man had been the only man made, He would have done no less."

"He died not for men, but for each man. If each man had been the only man made, He would have done no less."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Spiritual, Sacrifice, Faith, Love, Individual

34

"The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are."

"The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are."

Joseph Campbell, American Author

Being, Privilege

34

"But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope."

"But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope."

George Eliot, British Author

34

"Mental toughness is a lifestyle. It's something that you live every single day of your life."

"Mental toughness is a lifestyle. It's something that you live every single day of your life."

David Goggins, American Author

Resilience, Mental Toughness, Lifestyle, Consistency

34

"Our science has become terrible, our research dangerous, our findings deadly. We physicists have to make peace with reality. Reality is not as strong as we are. We will ruin reality."

"Our science has become terrible, our research dangerous, our findings deadly. We physicists have to make peace with reality. Reality is not as strong as we are. We will ruin reality."

Friedrich Durrenmatt, Swiss Author

Peace, Science, Reality, Research

33

"During my life I have seen, known, and lost too much to be the prey of vain dread; and, as for the hope of immortality, I am as weary of that as I am of gods and kings. For my own sake only I write this; and herein I differ from all other writers, past and to come."

"During my life I have seen, known, and lost too much to be the prey of vain dread; and, as for the hope of immortality, I am as weary of that as I am of gods and kings. For my own sake only I write this; and herein I differ from all other writers, past and to come."

Mika Waltari, Finnish Author

Life, Gods, Hope, Immortality

33

"Racism is a refuge for the ignorant. It seeks to divide and to destroy. It is the enemy of freedom, and deserves to be met head-on and stamped out."

"Racism is a refuge for the ignorant. It seeks to divide and to destroy. It is the enemy of freedom, and deserves to be met head-on and stamped out."

Pierre Berton, Canadian Author

Enemy, Freedom, Racism

33

"In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders."

"In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders."

Sheryl Sandberg, American Author

Equality, Leadership, Women

33

"It is the function of creative man to perceive and to connect the seemingly unconnected."

"It is the function of creative man to perceive and to connect the seemingly unconnected."

William Plomer, South African Author

33

"Love is a striking example of how little reality means to us."

"Love is a striking example of how little reality means to us."

Marcel Proust, French Author

Love, Reality, Perception, Emotion

33

"As I contemplate a relationship with God, I find that I'm afraid to ride on the coattails of the infinite. But what I fear more than that is spending my life in the coat closet."

"As I contemplate a relationship with God, I find that I'm afraid to ride on the coattails of the infinite. But what I fear more than that is spending my life in the coat closet."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Fear, Faith, Truth, Regret, Wisdom

33

"Death is a stripping away of all that is not you. The secret of life is to "die before you die" - and find that there is no death."

"Death is a stripping away of all that is not you. The secret of life is to "die before you die" - and find that there is no death."

Eckhart Tolle, German Author

Philosophy, Death, Life, Transformation

33

"A wise mother is the unifying force between father and children, her seed of love produces a harvest of trust."

"A wise mother is the unifying force between father and children, her seed of love produces a harvest of trust."

Jaachynma N.E. Agu, Nigerian Author

Family, Mother, Love, Trust

33

"Be the silent watcher of your thoughts and behavior. You are beneath the thinker. You are the stillness beneath the mental noise. You are the love and joy beneath the pain."

"Be the silent watcher of your thoughts and behavior. You are beneath the thinker. You are the stillness beneath the mental noise. You are the love and joy beneath the pain."

Eckhart Tolle, German Author

Meditation, Awareness, Thoughts, Inner Stillness

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