I had wanted simply to convey to the reader by way of concrete example that life holds a potential meaning under any conditions, even the most miserable ones. And I thought that if the point were demonstrated in a situation as extreme as that in a concentration camp, my book might gain a hearing. I therefore felt responsible for writing down what I had gone through, for I thought it might be helpful to people who are prone to despair. ~Viktor E. Frankl
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He is like the perverse porter who calls upon God only when he is under the load. ~Arabic Proverb
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A good laugh and a long sleep are two best cures in the doctor's book. ~Irish Proverb
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The fire of reeds is of rapid extinction. ~Arabic Proverb
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The world is lousy with Arab princes. And if we could have got Osama bin Laden, and saved at some point down the road 3,000 American lives, a few less Arab princes would have been okay in my book. ~Michael Scheuer
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Beware of a man of one book. ~English Proverb
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Love's in need of love today, don't delay; send yours in right away. ~Stevie Wonder
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In many ways, theatre is more rewarding for a writer. I used to think it was like painting a wall - that when the play is finished, it's done; but now I realise it's more like gardening; you plant the thing, then you have to constantly tend it. You're part of a thing that's living. ~Lee Hall
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Book of Ecclesiastes, God is saying. Write a good story, take somebody with you and let me help ~Donald Miller
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There is no shop, book, or person, that gives you confidence; it comes through reconnecting with your true authentic self. ~Ralph Smart
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Experience this moment to its fullest. ~Zen Proverb
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A teacher is better than two books. ~German Proverb
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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Marriage, in life, is like a duel in the midst of a battle. ~Edmond About
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We live through books; we have adventures in them, we lead alternative lives through them. We expand our memories through them. And that sometimes art can offer us more intense experiences of the world than life itself can. ~Anthony Doerr
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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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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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There is no such thing as a free lunch. ~English Proverb
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~Native American Proverb
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Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
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In every head is some wisdom. ~Arabic Proverb
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor. ~Oriental Proverb
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