I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong.

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The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods.

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Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. - Søren Kierkegaard

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How can you and I really expect to glide naively through life, as if to say, 'Lord, give me experience, but not grief, not sorrow, not pain, not opposition, not betrayal, and certainly not to be forsaken. Keep from me, Lord, all those experiences which made Thee what Thou art! Then, let me come and dwell with Thee and fully share Thy joy!'

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Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results. — Willie Nelson

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I give myself permission to be all that I can be, and I deserve the very best in life. — Louise Hay

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Don't feel stupid if you don't like what everyone else pretends to love.

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You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.

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once you have tasted the taste of sky, you will forever look up

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It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.

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