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

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Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.

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

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

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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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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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The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

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There is no graceful way to carry hatred.

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

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