People who say that yesterday was better than today are ultimately devaluing their own existence. ― Karl Lagerfeld

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The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

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It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream. ― Edgar Allan Poe

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Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor. ― Thich Nhat Hang

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Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.- Viktor E. Frankl

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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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Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyone's task is unique as his specific opportunity to implement it.- Viktor E. Frankl

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The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness. ― Vladimir Nabokov

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I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious effort. — Henry David Thoreau

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Belief becomes substance. We have a conscious choice. We can choose to be beaten or choose to win. Stay rooted in the positive and you'll always win. ― Andrew Pacholyk

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