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The cost of a thing is something called life which is given in exchange for it.


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Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.



There is no remedy for love but to love more.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.



The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.



It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see.

It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see.



If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined...



I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.



be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.

be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be.



What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.



The greatest tragedy in life is to spend your whole life fishing only to discover it was never fish that you were after.

The greatest tragedy in life is to spend your whole life fishing only to discover it was never fish that you were after.



The only people who ever get anyplace interesting are the people who get lost.

The only people who ever get anyplace interesting are the people who get lost.





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Although reality can sometimes corrupt the fairy tale and alter our ambitions, some things remain unalterable. From the richest to the poorest, we start and end with family.



...now I'm a spent firework; but at least I've been a firework.

...now I'm a spent firework; but at least I've been a firework.



When we begin to experience our life as the miraculous expression of divinity - not occasionally, but all the time - then we will know the true meaning of success.

When we begin to experience our life as the miraculous expression of divinity - not occasionally, but all the time - then we will know the true meaning of success.



I cannot change others, but I can influence others... we can't change people, but we can and we do influence people, and we do it every single day.

I cannot change others, but I can influence others... we can't change people, but we can and we do influence people, and we do it every single day.



Make not thyself the judge of any man.

Make not thyself the judge of any man.



You can't expect to communicate with anyone if you're a bore.

You can't expect to communicate with anyone if you're a bore.



Enjoy your family. Do things that you like to do. Stay strong. That's the secret to remaining happy.

Enjoy your family. Do things that you like to do. Stay strong. That's the secret to remaining happy.



There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune.

There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune.




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