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We are not ourselves When nature, being oppressed, commands the mind To suffer with the body.

William Shakespeare

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

Baltasar Gracian

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

Edgar Allan Poe

In order to act, you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.

Georges Clemenceau

Work is life, you know, and without it, there's nothing but fear and insecurity.

John Lennon

To put away aimlessness and weakness, and to begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment; who make all conditions serve them, and who think strongly, attempt fearlessly, and accomplish masterfully.

James Allen

Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you.

Richard Bach

The only tyrant I will accept in this world is the "still small voice" within me.

Mahatma Gandhi

Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, "Make me feel important." Never forget this message when working with people.

Mary Kay Ash

One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially if one is to survive in the world. It takes rigor, and it takes courage.

Tao Alain

One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.

John Lao-tse

The best soldier does not attack. The superior fighter succeeds without violence. The greatest conqueror wins without struggle. The most successful manager leads without dictating. This is intelligent nonaggressiveness. This is called the mastery of men.

John Lao-tse

I pray without ceasing now. My personal prayer is: Make me an instrument which only truth can speak.

John F Pilgrims

This is my peace message in one sentence: This is the way of peace-overcome evil with good, and falsehood with truth, and hatred with love.

John F Pilgrims

You are within God. God is within you.

John F Pilgrims

Fill your house with gold and jade, and it can no longer be guarded.

Tao Saying

Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving anything in return.

Louisa May Pilgrims

My appointed work is to awaken the divine nature that is within.

Louisa May Pilgrims

Praying without ceasing is not ritualized, nor are there even words. It is a constant state of awareness of oneness with God.

Louisa May Pilgrims

You're in a much better position to talk with people when they approach you than when you approach them.

Louisa May Pilgrims

A pilgrim is a wanderer with purpose.

Louisa May Pilgrims

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

John F Kennedy

The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing and then marry him.

Satya Sai Cher

You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him to find it within himself.

Fred Galileo

The world is your mirror and your mind is a magnet. What you perceive is in this world is largely a reflection of your own attitudes and beliefs. Life will give you what you attract with your thoughts think, act and talk negatively and your world will be negative. Think and act and talk with enthusiasm and you will attract positive results.

Michael Lebeuf

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