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There is no detachment where there is no pain. And there is no pain endured without hatred or lying unless detachment is present too.

—Simone Weil

Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

—Cicero

What happiness is there which is not purchased with more or less of pain?

—Margaret Oliphant

All books are either dreams or swords.

—Amy Lowell

Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.

—François de La Rochefoucauld

Pope John Paul, a man of peace and compassion, was one of the most revered leaders of our time.

—Bill Williams

The Incarnation is the medicine of the soul, undoing the Fall and bringing man to the Tree of Life, and the office of a priest is to administer this medicine in the sacraments.

—Arthur Middleton

Let us, then, be up and doing, with a heart for any fate Still achieving, still pursuing, learn to labor and to wait.

—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.

—Zoe Saldana

When I write I simply follow my heart. And my flights of fantasy. It is not done with a conscious effort. I'm continually inspired and write reflexively.

—Elizabeth Kim

What is true of the individual will be tomorrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope.

—Mohandas Gandhi

There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.

—Joseph Addison

Don’t limit investing to the financial world. Invest something of yourself, and you will be richly rewarded.

—Charles Schwab

In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words with out a heart.

—John Bunyan

The stalwart soul has the will to live and is eager for the race.

—Taylor Caldwell

The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.

—Elbert Hubbard

Happiness depends more on how life strikes you than on what happens.

—Andy Rooney

For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men lived and worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.

—Gene Fowler

I'm aware of the mystery around us, so I write about coincidences, premonitions, emotions, dreams, the power of nature, magic.

—Isabel Allende

Pay mind to your own life, your own health, and wholeness. A bleeding heart is of no help to anyone if it bleeds to death.

—Frederick Buechner

Biblical orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world.

—Francis Schaeffer

I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.

—Francis Bacon

Television has spread the habit of instant reaction and stimulated the hope of instant results.

—Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison.

—Lord Chesterfield

Einstein's results again turned the tables and now very few philosophers or scientists still think that scientific knowledge is, or can be, proven knowledge.

—Imre Lakatos

Reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.

—Alan Watts

In 1763 the English were the most powerful nation in the world.

—Albert Bushnell Hart

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.

—Bertrand Russell

The dog loves the boat! Nap time for the win! #Dog

Sunsets have this magical power to make everything freeze for a moment. 🌅 #sunset