Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

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Relish love in your old age! Aged love is like aged wine; it becomes more satisfying, more refreshing, more valuable, more appreciated and more intoxicating!

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It's amazing - you may not realize it, but so much of what you are not is because you are literally standing in your own way of becoming. And what I'm pleading with you about is, get the hell out of your own way.

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One cannot give what he does not possess. To give love you must possess love. To love others you must love yourself.

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Everybody needs a hug. It changes your metabolism.

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Those who think they know it all have no way of finding out they don't.

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Nine times out of ten, when you extend your arms to someone, they will step in, because basically they need precisely what you need.

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Live nutty. Just occasionally. Just once in a while. And see what happens. It brightens up the day.

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Live now. When you are eating, eat. When you are loving, love. when you are talking with someone, talk. When you are looking at a flower, look. Catch the beauty of the moment!

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The most painful thing to experience is not defeat but regret

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