To acknowledge our ancestors means we are aware that we did not make ourselves, that the line stretches all the way back, perhaps to God; or to Gods. We remember them because it is an easy thing to forget: that we are not the first to suffer, rebel, fight, love and die. The grace with which we embrace life, in spite of the pain, the sorrow, is always a measure of what has gone before.

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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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No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

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

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No matter how hidden the cruelty, no matter how far off the screams of pain and terror, we live in one world. We are one people.

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

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Time moves slowly, but passes quickly.

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Look closely at the present you are constructing: it should look like the future you are dreaming.

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There is no graceful way to carry hatred.

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