Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death. — Arthur Schopenhauer

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Many people think excitement is happiness.... But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace. ― Thich Nhat Hanh

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The years lay spread out before her, spacious untouched canvases on which she was presently going to paint the picture of her life. It was to be a very beautiful picture, she said to herself with an extraordinary feeling of proud confidence; not beautiful because of any gifts or skill of hers, for never was a woman more giftless, but because of all the untiring little touches, the ceaseless care for detail, the patient painting out of mistakes; and every touch and every detail was going to be aglow with the bright colours of happiness. ― Elizabeth von Arnim

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Morning is wonderful. Its only drawback is that it comes at such an inconvenient time of day. ― Glen Cook, Sweet Silver Blues

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People tell me if I don't eat vegetables, I'm going to get scurvy. Well, what the hell. But I was never overweight as a player. There was a clause in my contract that said I had to weigh in at 270 every Friday morning. I always made it. I'd have dinner on Monday, and then I wouldn't eat until Friday. — Art Donovan

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You are the softness of the morning dew! — Avijeet Das

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Be willing to be a beginner every single morning. ― Meister Eckhart

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It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone. ― Marilyn Monroe

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When I’m just waking up I like to keep a space for my own thoughts and ideas. Checking my phone is not a priority of mine. – Andre D. Wagner

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But if, as morning rises, dreams are true.

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