Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it's so important that we don't rely on it.

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I know the world is bruised and bleeding, and though it is important not to ignore its pain, it is also critical to refuse to succumb to its malevolence. Like failure, chaos contains information that can lead to knowledge - even wisdom. Like art.

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Music is a mantra that soothes the soul...something our body has to have. It's important to understand the power of music.

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Thinking always ahead, thinking always of trying to do more, brings a state of mind in which nothing is impossible. — Henry Ford

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Keep your face always toward the sunshine and the shadow will fall behind you. — Walt Whitman

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One of the most important reasons for studying history is that virtually every stupid idea that is in vogue today has been tried before and proved disastrous before, time and again.

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It’s really important not to be so judgmental and not to be so fearful. Try to have confidence in yourself. Don’t depend on so much on what others say about you or want you to be. — Deepa Mehta, director and screenwriter

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What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The most important thing in the world is family and love. – John Wooden

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Your responses to the events of life are more important than the events themselves.

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