Even sleepers are workers and collaborators in what goes on in the Universe. - Heraclitus

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Everything is a gift of the universe--even joy, anger, jealously, frustration, or separateness. Everything is perfect either for our growth or our enjoyment._ Ken Keyes Jr.

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contains on average some one hundred billion stars. If a star were a grain of salt, you could fit all the stars visible to the naked eye on a teaspoon, but all the stars in the universe would fill a ball more than eight miles wide.

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As far as criticism, I don't mind critics. I mean, I wrote for 'Rolling Stone' for a hot minute. I like criticism. I enjoy criticism. The thing I don't like is cruelty for cruelty's sake. You don't have to be a jerk to say something negative. You can say something in the negative sense and have class. - Patrick Stump

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Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form. ― John Berger

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The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you. ― Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Out of all of the Spider-People, including Peter Parker, Gwen Stacy has the most over-developed sense of responsibility. - Seanan McGuire

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Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself. - Simone de Beauvoir

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The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms. ― Lao Tzu

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Parenting meant that whether or not your children understood you, your obligation was to understand them.

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