We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness is love. There are many in the world who are dying for a piece of bread, but there are many more dying for a little love.

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I to tease Joe Louis by reminding him that I was the greatest of all time. But Joe Louis was the greatest heavyweight fighter ever.- Muhammad Ali

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Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.- Muhammad Ali

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Always laugh when you can; it is cheap medicine. Merriment is a philosophy not well understood. It is the sunny side of existence.

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Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.

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To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

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I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given. I believed in myself, and I believe in the goodness of others.- Muhammad Ali

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It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.- Muhammad Ali

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The beauty and the scent of roses can be used as a medicine and the sun rays as a food.

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Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams - they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do - they all contain truths.- Muhammad Ali

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