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Words of the Wise IV

The universe is made of stories, not of atoms
Muriel Ruckeyser

One of the most valuable things we can do to heal one another is listen to each other's stories
Rebecca Falls

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
Albert Schweitzer

That best portion of a good man's life, his little, nameless unremembered act of kindness and of love
William Wordsworth

Love cures people--both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it
Dr. Karl Menninger

You gain strength, experience and confidence by every experience where you really stop to look fear in the face...You must do the thing you cannot do
Eleanor Roosevelt

In the world to come I shall not be asked, "Why were you not Moses?" I should be asked, "Why were you not Zusya?"
Rabbi Zusya

"I have many flowers," he said, "but the children are the most beautiful flowers of all."
Oscar Wilde

It's the action, not the fruit of the action, that's important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there'll be any fruit. But that doesn't mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result
Gandhi

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, nor touched...but are felt in the heart
Helen Keller

If we discovered that we had only five minutes left to say all that we wanted to say, every telephone booth would be occupied by people calling other people to stammer that they loved them
Christopher Morley

There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love...
Thornton Wilder

Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling that you cherished them
Richard Evans

Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time...It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other
Leo F. Buscaglia

As a small child, I could not understand why I should pray for human beings only. When my mother had kissed me goodnight, I used to add a silent prayer that I had composed for all living creatures
Albert Schweitzer

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart
Benjamin Franklin

Those who wish to sing always find a song
Swedish Proverb

Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be
Abraham Lincoln

And life is what we make it, always has been, always will be
Grandma Moses

A happy person is not a person in certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes
Hugh Downs

One hundred years from now it will not matter what kind of car you drove, what kind of house you live in, how much you had in your bank account, or what your clothes looked like. But the world may be a little better because you were important in the life of a child
Margaret Fishback Powers

It is the habitual thought that frames itself into our life. It affects us even more than our intimate social relations do. Our confidential friends have not so much to do in shaping our lives as the thoughts which we harbour
J.W. Teal

If you treat an individual...as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be
Goethe

There comes that mysterious meeting in life when someone acknowledges who we are and what we can be, igniting the circuits of our highest potential
Rusty Berkus

A professor can never better distinguish himself in his work than by encouraging a clever pupil, for the true discoverers are among them, as comets amongst the stars
Linnaeus

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams
Eleanor Roosevelt

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great
Mark Twain

It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself
Raplh Waldo Emerson

The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure
Joseph Campbell

The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse
Helen Keller

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit
Napoleon Hill

History has demonstrated the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats
B.C. Forbes

Oh, the worst of all tragedies is not to die young, but to live until I am seventy-five and yet not ever truly to have lived
Martin Luther King, Jr.

The man who has no problems is out of the game
Elbert Hubbard

We are all pencils in the hand of God
Mother Teresa

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved
Helen Keller

Nothing in the world can take the place of perseverance. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent
Calvin Coolidge

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood
Helen Keller

Do not look back in anger, or forward in fear, but around in awareness
James Thurber

Life is like riding a bicycle. You don't fall off unless you stop pedalling
Claude Pepper

Life is a song--sing it.
Life is a game--play it.
Life is a challenge--meet it.
Life is a dream--realize it.
Life is a sacrifice--offer it.
Life is love--enjoy it.
Sai Baba
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