The end cannot justify the means, for the simple and obvious reason that the means employed determine the nature of the ends produced.

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Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake.

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Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think. ― Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Sometimes happiness is not knowing the whole story. ― François Lelord

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If any female feels she need anything beyond herself to legitimate and validate her existence, she is already giving away her power to be self-defining, her agency. ― bell hooks

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Start where you are with what you have, knowing that what you have is plenty enough.

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I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else's whim or to someone else's ignorance. ― bell hooks

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But many of us seek community solely to escape the fear of being alone. Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape. ― Bell Hooks

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Perhaps the worst sin in life is knowing right and not doing it.

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Family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten. — David Ogden Stiers

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