“We’ve always had rich and poor. But money is increasingly something that enables the rich, and even the merely prosperous, to live a life apart from the poor. And the rich and semi-rich … increasingly seem to feel that they deserve such a life, that they are in some sense superior to those with less. An especially precious type of […]
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“Problems call forth our courage and wisdom. It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually. It is through pain of confronting and resolving problems that we learn.” – M. Scott Peck
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“Though it is possible to utter words only with the intention to fulfill the will of God, it is very difficult not to think about the impression which they will produce on men and not to form them accordingly. But deeds you can do quite unknown to men, only for God. And such deeds are the greatest joy that a […]
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“To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone, and a funnybone.”
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“Show me somebody who is always smiling, always cheerful, always optimistic, and I will show you somebody who hasn’t the faintest idea what the heck is really going on. ” — Mike Royko
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“Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.” – John Wooden
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“What the public wants is not passion but the appearance of passion.” – Roland Barthes
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“Always see the glass as half full, not as half empty.”
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“A man of understanding has lost nothing, if he has himself.’ – Michel de Montaigne
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“I’m selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control, and at times hard to handle. But, if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.” – Marilyn Monroe
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