"The hues of the opal, the light of the diamond, are not to be seen if the eye is too near."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on familiarity
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"Your talent is God's gift to you; what you do with it is your gift to God."

Buscaglia, Leo on talent
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"Time has no meaning in itself unless we choose to give it significance."

Buscaglia, Leo on time
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"Other things may change us, but we start and end with family."

Brandt, Anthony on family
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"What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life."

Buscaglia, Leo on choice
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"It is not miserable to be blind; it is miserable to be incapable of enduring blindness."

Milton, John on eyes   

"None can love freedom heartily, but good men... the rest love not freedom, but license."

Milton, John on freedom   

"Reason also is choice."

Milton, John on logic   

"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make heaven of hell, a hell of heaven."

Milton, John on mind
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"They also serve who only stand and wait."

Milton, John on patience
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"Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world."

Milton, John on prayer
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"What reinforcement we may gain from hope; If not, what resolution from despair."

Milton, John on respectability
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"Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right."

Milton, John on self-esteem
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"Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place."

Milton, John on prudence
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"To find yourself, think for yourself."

Socrates on thoughts and thinking
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"To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless."

Chesterton, Gilbert K. on hope
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"There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in."

Cohen, Leonard on hope
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"Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out."

Havel, Vaclav on hope
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"Hope is the dream of a soul awake."

Proverb, French on hope
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"I may be crazy but it keeps me from going insane."

Jennings, Waylon on insanity
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"Insanity is hereditary. You get it from your children."

Levenson, Samuel on insanity
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"Insanity is doing the same thing in the same way and expecting a different outcome."

Proverb, Chinese on insanity
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"When we remember that we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained."

Twain, Mark on insanity
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"The attainment of an ideal is often the beginning of a disillusion."

Baldwin, Stanley on ideals and idealism
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"... focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it."

Anderson, Greg on joy
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"Self-acceptance comes from meeting life's challenges vigorously. Don't numb yourself to your trials and difficulties, nor build mental walls to exclude pain from your life. You will find peace not by trying to escape your problems, but by confronting them courageously. You will find peace not in denial, but in victory."

Walters, J. Donald on acceptance
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"Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself."

Balzac, Honore De on acceptance
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"It doesn't matter what we do until we accept ourselves. Once we accept ourselves, it doesn't matter what we do."

Heavenrich, Charly on acceptance
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"If a person lacks self-acceptance, he can't live with himself; if he lacks self-criticism, others can't live with him."

Pike, James Albert on acceptance
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"Everything begins with accepting oneself. Without self-acceptance, one cannot accomplish anything."

Nguyen, Xuan-Thu on acceptance
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"I'm nothing, yet I'm everything."

Unknown, Source on acceptance
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"Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order."

Adams, John on mind
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"I keep the telephone of my mind open to peace, harmony, health, love, and abundance. Then, whenever doubt, anxiety, or fear try to call me, they will keep getting a busy signal and soon they'll forget my number."

Armstrong, Edith on mind
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"A mind that is fast is sick. A mind that is slow is sound. A mind that is still is divine."

Baba, Meher on mind
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"Brains aren't designed to get result; they go in directions. If you know how the brain works you can set your own directions. If you don't, then someone else will."

Bandler, Richard on mind
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"The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend."

Bergson, Henri L. on mind
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"Irony is the hygiene of the mind."

Bibesco, Elizabeth on mind
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"Man's mind is not a container to be filled but rather a fire to be kindled."

Brande, Dorothea on mind
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"Nothing in life is as good as the marriage of true minds between man and woman. As good? It is life itself. "

Buck, Pearl S. on mind
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"A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday. As to the morrow, time enough to consider it when it becomes today."

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G. on mind
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