Our problem with desire is that we want too little. ~C. S. Lewis
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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
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We understand ourselves through stories, by making stories out of our lives. Storytellers give people structure with which they can begin to look at their own lives and try to make sense of them. ~Bill Harley
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More grows in the garden than the gardener sows. ~Spanish Proverb
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There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it. ~George Bernard Shaw
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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. ~English Proverb
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Our whole social environment seems to us to be filled with forces which really exist only in our own minds. ~Emile Durkheim
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Our lives are so short. And our time on this planet is so precious. All we have is each other. ~Jacqueline Novogratz
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Fashion is more powerful than any tyrant. ~Latin Proverb
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We like to think that our parents made a decision to bring us into the world. ~Christopher Eccleston
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Certainly my parents were a huge influence. They always expected the most out of all of us. And expected us to do our very best. I'm thankful to them for allowing me to do what I wanted to do. ~Laurel Clark
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Surrender means wisely accommodating ourselves to what is beyond our control. ~Sylvia Boorstein
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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabic Proverb
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Visits always give pleasure, if not the arrival, the departure. ~Portuguese Proverb
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In our racist, sexist society, Christmas is the eight hours when we stop killing each other and gratuitous overeating is encouraged so that the starving and other people in the world can die! ~Lloyd Kaufman
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going. ~English Proverb
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
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As the big hound is, so will the pup be. ~Irish Proverb
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Every new day is another chance to change your life. ~Native American Proverb
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Many people in the western world are spoiled by the conveniences of our culture. ~Joyce Meyer
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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Jesuits encourage an intellectual rigor in a way that I like. ~Alexander Payne
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Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. ~Czech Proverb
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Our little force will march on tomorrow or the day after. ~Peter Stuyvesant
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The key to community is the acceptance, in fact the celebration of our individual and cultural differences. It is also the key to world peace. ~M. Scott Peck
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