to love is to risk, not being loved in return. to hope is to risk pain. to try is to risk failure. but risk must be taken because the greatest hazard in my life is to risk nothing.

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There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats. - Albert Schweitzer

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Hope for love, pray for love, wish for love, dream for love but don’t put your life on hold waiting for love. ― Mandy Hale

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If I had to live my life over, I'd live over a saloon. ― W.C. Fields

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In life, we always rise or fall to the standards we set for ourselves - Set high standards. ― Fela Bank-Olemoh

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As you go on with your life, always remember the things that are good in you. They're your gifts. As long as you have these things, you'll find happiness, and you'll make the people around you happy. ― Genki Kawamura

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There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. There will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.

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Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'

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You know what I should do?" Hoshino asked excited. "Of course," the cat said. "What'd I tell you? Cats know everything. Not like dogs. ― Haruki Murakami

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Life is but an endless series of experiments.

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