As we watch the sun go down, evening after evening, through the smog across the poisoned waters of our native earth, we must ask ourselves seriously whether we really wish some future universal historian on another planet to say about us: "With all their genius and with all their skill, they ran out of foresight and air and food and water and ideas," or, They went on playing politics until their world collapsed around them.

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If we lose our hope, that's our real disaster! — Dalai Lama

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Everything you can imagine is real.―Pablo Picasso

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I’m not perfect. But I’ll always be real. — Tupac Shakur

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Enjoy the precious moments of the present while they LAST . Don't waste them overplanning the future, or overthinking the PAST. ― Mouloud Benzadi

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In China there was once a man who liked pictures of dragons, and his clothing and furnishings were all designed accordingly. His deep affection for dragons was brought to the attention of the dragon god, and onde day a real dragon appeared before his window. It is said that he died of fright. He was probably a man who always spoke big words but acted differently when facing the real thing.

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Memory is a snare, pure and simple; it alters, it subtly rearranges the past to fit the present.

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People talk about imitating Christ, and imitate Him in the little trifling formal things, such as washing the feet, saying His prayer, and so on; but if anyone attempts the real imitation of Him, there are no bounds to the outcry with which the presumption of that person is condemned.

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Success is not achieved by winning all the time. Real success comes when we rise after we fall. Some mountains are higher than others. Some roads steeper than the next. There are hardships and setbacks but you cannot let them stop you. Even on the steepest road you must not turn back.

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The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it. - Thich Nhat Hanh

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