"There are three modes of bearing the ills of life, by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion."

Colton, Charles Caleb on adversity
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"In every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage. In every defeat is a lesson showing you how to win the victory next time."

Collier, Robert on adversity
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"No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them."

Wiesel, Elie on racism
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"Peace is not God's gift to his creatures. It is our gift to each other."

Wiesel, Elie on peace   

"Peace is our gift to each other."

Wiesel, Elie on peace
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"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference."

Wiesel, Elie on indifference
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"Only one enemy is worse than despair: indifference. In every area of human creativity, indifference is the enemy; indifference of evil is worse than evil, because it is also sterile."

Wiesel, Elie on indifference
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"Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings."

Wiesel, Elie on hope
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"It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness."

Confucius on complaints and complaining
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"If you have knowledge, let others light their candles with it."

Churchill, Winston on knowledge
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"Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared."

Buddha on happiness
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"The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature. As long as this exists, and it certainly always will, I know that then there will always be comfort for every sorrow, whatever the circumstances may be. And I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles."

Frank, Anne on nature
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"Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the mightiest of agencies; for solitude is essential to man. All men come into this world alone and leave it alone."

Quincey, Thomas De on solitude
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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 are two kinds of adventurers: those who go truly hoping to find adventure and those who go secretly hoping they won t."

Trogdon, William on adventure
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"Though you are disappointed is hope; never let hope fail you! Though one door is shut, there are thousands still open to you."

Ruckett on hope
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"Hope is the companion of power, and mother of success; for who so hopes strongly has within him the gift of miracles."

Smiles, Samuel on hope
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"Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that."

Hazlitt, William on hope
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"Sings. Hope in every sphere of life is a privilege that attaches to action. No action, no hope."

Levi, Peter on action
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"The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope."

Johnson, Samuel on hope
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"Of all the forces that make for a better world, none is so indispensable, none so powerful, as hope. Without hope men are only half alive. With hope they dream and think and work."

Sawyer, Charles on hope
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"Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear."

Spinoza, Baruch (Benedict de) on hope
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"My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope."

Ovid on hope
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"Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward."

Chah, Achaan on service
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"Just as there is no loss of basic energy in the universe, so no thought or action is without its effects, present or ultimate, seen or unseen, felt or unfelt."

Cousins, Norman on action
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"There's as much risk in doing nothing as in doing something."

Crow, Trammell on action
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"The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring this endeavor will light our bounty and all who serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world."

Kennedy, John F. on vision   

"Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light."

Schweitzer, Albert on service
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"The more thou dost advance, the more thy feet pitfalls will meet. The Path that leadeth on is lighted by one fire -- the light of daring burning in the heart. The more one dares, the more he shall obtain. The more he fears, the more that light shall pale"

Blavatsky, Helena Petrova on courage
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"Seeing the light is a choice, not seeing the light is no choice."

Horton, Doug on choice
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"It is following the line of least resistance that makes men and rivers crooked."

Unknown, Source on action
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"Doing nothing is the most tiresome job in the world because you cannot quit and rest."

Unknown, Source on action
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"Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself."

Saying, Zen on action
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"To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last -- but eat you he will."

Reagan, Ronald on action
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"How long will they kill our prophets while we stand aside and look?"

Marley, Bob on action
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"Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world."

Marden, Orison Swett on action
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"Many are called but few get up."

Herford, Oliver on action
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"To design the future effectively, you must first let go of your past."

Givens, Charles J. on past
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"In solitude we are in the presence of mere matter (even the sky, the stars, the moon, trees in blossom), things of less value (perhaps) than a human spirit. Its value lies in the greater possibility of attention."

Weil, Simone on solitude   

"Solitude: a sweet absence of looks."

Kundera, Milan on solitude
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