This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there is a layer of people who run everything. But we, we are just peasants. We do not understand what is going on, and we cannot do anything. ~Doris Lessing
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Selfishness and demagoguery take advantage of liberty. The selfish hand constantly seeks to control government, and every increase of governmental power, even to meet just needs, furnishes opportunity for abuse and stimulates the effort to bend it to improper uses. ~Charles Evans Hughes
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He who fears something gives it power over him. ~Moorish Proverb
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~Taoist Proverb
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I grew up in South Africa and I would look at maps and we were at the bottom of the world. There was this whole thing up there. I was always reading encyclopedias about the world. So travel was something I was always attracted to. ~Charlize Theron
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Trying to use the power of yoga to improve your life, this is a terrible mistake. Because all you are doing is binding yourself more. You're putting more of your attention into the transient world. ~Frederick Lenz
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In life, sometimes everything falls into place, and sometimes everything just falls to pieces. The key is to begin creating with these fallen pieces. By improvising, you will create something magical that might be the best thing you have ever accomplished. ~Tori Amos
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In a complex and troubling world, who wouldn't want to simplify? Everybody does. Everybody wants to simplify and put up a picket fence. ~Gary Ross
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When we are young we think our troubles a mighty business, that the world is spread out expressly as a stage for the particular drama of our lives and that we have a right to rant and foam at the mouth if we are crossed. I have done enough of that in my time. ~George Eliot
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I note that some whom I greatly love and esteem, who are, in my judgment, among the very choicest of God's people, nevertheless, travel most of the way to heaven by night. ~Charles Spurgeon
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We live in a broken world full of broken people. But isn't it comforting to know God isn't ever broken? He isn't ever caught off guard, taken by surprise, or shocked by what happens next. ~Lysa TerKeurst
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Visits always give pleasure, if not the arrival, the departure. ~Portuguese Proverb
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At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
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If you care, do something. If you don't care, please stay out of the way of those who do. ~Simon Sinek
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An apt quotation is as good as an original remark. ~Proverb
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Every smile makes you a day younger. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not ask God to guide your footsteps if you are not willing to move your feet. ~English Proverb
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She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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A leopard cannot change its spots. ~African Proverb
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The mind should be as a mirror. ~Zen Proverb
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God helps those who help themselves. ~English Proverb
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God help the rich man, let the poor man beg. ~English Proverb
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There is nothing in our experience, however trivial, worldly, or even evil, which cannot be thought about christianly. ~Harry Blamires
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