Being a candle is difficult because one must first burn in order to emit light. ― Shree Shambav

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In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times.

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Watch your own body and mind, and the people and things surrounding you, from the deep, calm place inside of you. When you do that you'll have insights as to what you need to do in order to flow with the river of life around you.

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After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. — Nelson Mandela

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Only when we give joyfully, without hesitation or thought of gain, can we truly know what love means.

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Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.

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The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven not man's.― Mark Twain

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When life takes the wind out of your sails, it is to test you at the oars. — Robert Breault

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I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.

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We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art. - Henry James

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