People who work hard often work too hard. ... May we learn to honor the hammock, the siesta, the nap and the pause in all its forms.

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I don’t need a certain number of friends, just a number of friends I can be certain of.

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We should learn to accept that change is truly the only thing that's going on always, and learn to ride with it and enjoy it.

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A writer's heart, a poet's heart, an artist's heart, a musician's heart is always breaking. It is through that broken window that we see the world.

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It just seems clear to me that as long as we are all here, it's pretty clear that the struggle is to share the planet, rather than divide it.

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Every small positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future.

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There is no graceful way to carry hatred.

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Wherever I have knocked, a door has opened. Wherever I have wandered, a path has appeared.

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Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your own soul.

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Not everyone's life is what they make it. Some people's life is what other people make it.

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