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The world rests on principles.


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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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Peace is not the absence of pain, but the welcoming of pain as a teacher.

Peace is not the absence of pain, but the welcoming of pain as a teacher.



And suddenly, there were the shapes of many people lurking out of the woods, light glowing from their hands.

And suddenly, there were the shapes of many people lurking out of the woods, light glowing from their hands.




My head looks like an uncooked ham with glasses.

My head looks like an uncooked ham with glasses.



Having a routine, knowing what to do, gives me a sense of freedom and keeps me from going crazy. It's calming.

Having a routine, knowing what to do, gives me a sense of freedom and keeps me from going crazy. It's calming.



Nothing is wholly obvious without becoming enigmatic. Reality itself is too obvious to be true .

Nothing is wholly obvious without becoming enigmatic. Reality itself is too obvious to be true .



I'm not sure what I want to do when I grow up, or if I'm sure I ever want to grow up. I'm sure there are people that wish I would, but you know, my mom will get over it.

I'm not sure what I want to do when I grow up, or if I'm sure I ever want to grow up. I'm sure there are people that wish I would, but you know, my mom will get over it.



It was kind of fun being the headliners.

It was kind of fun being the headliners.



We prefer that the leaders of the Iraqi armed forces do the honorable thing; stop fighting for a regime that does not deserve your loyalty.

We prefer that the leaders of the Iraqi armed forces do the honorable thing; stop fighting for a regime that does not deserve your loyalty.



I shall be richer all my life for this sorrow

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