...if you're trying to show off for people at the top, forget it. They will look down on you anyhow. And if you're trying to show off for people at the bottom, forget it. They will only envy you. Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone.

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We all yearn for what we have lost. But sometimes, we forget what we have.

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There is no such thing as 'too late' in life.

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the words people do not speak are louder than the ones they do.

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You know what really offers you satisfaction? Offering others what you have to give.

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When someone is in your heart, they're never truly gone. They can come back to you, even at unlikely times.

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You can find something truly important in an ordinary minute.

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Everyone is in such a hurry. People haven’t found meaning in their lives, so they’re running all the time looking for it. They think the next car, the next house, the next job. Then they find those things are empty, too, and they keep running. Once you start running, it’s hard to slow yourself down.

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The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.

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Each affects the other, and the other affects the next, and the world is full of stories, but the stories are all one.

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