The ultimate meaning of the active life is to make possible the happiness of contemplation. ― Josef Pieper

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I don't do great things. I do small things with great love.

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Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow their sympathy with despised and persecuted ideas and their advocates, and bear the consequences.

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It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace. ― Chuck Palahniuk

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Years ago, I predicted that Iran would take over Iraq. Iran and Iraq used to fight back and forth.- Donald Trump

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The best love is the kind that awakens the soul; that makes us reach for more, that plants the fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. That's what I hope to give you forever. — Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

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don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened ― Dr. Suess

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Either man will abolish war, or war will abolish man.

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Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.

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Smiling at death seems like a pretty bold act. And so I smile like a damned fool. ― Emm Cole

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