A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.

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There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children. — Nelson Mandela

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The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

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The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it.

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Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.

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All of our life is but a mass of small habits - practical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual - that bear us irresistibly toward our destiny.

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God has no religion.

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Dear warrior, the moment you realise that although you may have people in your corner who want you to win, you are alone in the fight ring, no one is coming to save you, so quit looking around, look inward and fight. ― Paul Bamikole

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Toska - noun /ˈtō-skə/ - Russian word roughly translated as sadness, melancholia, lugubriousness. "No single word in English renders all the shades of toska. At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause. At less morbid levels it is a dull ache of the soul, a longing with nothing to long for, a sick pining, a vague restlessness, mental throes, yearning. In particular cases it may be the desire for somebody of something specific, nostalgia, love-sickness. At the lowest level it grades into ennui, boredom.

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When somebody challenges you, fight back. Be brutal, be tough.- Donald Trump

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