Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough. — Emily Dickinson

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Ability is of little account without opportunity.

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If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or objects.

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Yes, life brings dreams; we dream to live a life. We must live and keep dreaming of becoming engaged with our life purpose. ― Dr. Nana

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Life is trouble. Only death is not. To be alive is to undo your belt and *look* for trouble.

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Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.

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Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. — Marcel Proust

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Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones. ― Marcus Aurelius

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Growth is the only evidence of life. – John Henry Newman

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I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.

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