A strange, terrific force unlike anything I've ever experienced is sprouting in my heart, taking root there, growing. Shut up behind my rib cage, my warm heart expands and contracts independent of my will, over and over. ~Haruki Murakami
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Be brothers, and keep between you the accounts of merchants. ~Arabic Proverb
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The sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal. ~C. S. Lewis
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I had wanted simply to convey to the reader by way of concrete example that life holds a potential meaning under any conditions, even the most miserable ones. And I thought that if the point were demonstrated in a situation as extreme as that in a concentration camp, my book might gain a hearing. I therefore felt responsible for writing down what I had gone through, for I thought it might be helpful to people who are prone to despair. ~Viktor E. Frankl
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When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless, that it doesn't have any resolution, that this heart is huge, vast, and limitless. You begin to discover how much warmth and gentleness is there, as well as how much space. ~Pema Chodron
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Good people have always been at the heart of the Virgin business, and that is largely because we have tried to keep our business small, and our management teams tight-knit. I feel that small, compact companies, are better run. That is partly because people feel more connected in small companies. ~Richard Branson
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Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore. ~Hindu Proverb
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The fear among economists across the political spectrum was that we were rapidly plummeting toward a second Great Depression. So in the weeks and months that followed, we undertook a series of difficult steps to prevent that outcome. And we were forced to take those steps, largely without the help of an opposition party, which, unfortunately, after having presided over the decision-making that had led to the crisis, decided to hand it over to others to solve. ~Barack Obama
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Never strike your wife, even with a flower. ~Hindu Proverb
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A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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Life without a friend, is death without a witness. ~Spanish Proverb
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As the big hound is, so will the pup be. ~Irish Proverb
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Even nectar is poison if taken to excess. ~Hindu Proverb
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Love can neither be bought or sold, its only price is love. ~English Proverb
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A watched pot never boils. ~English Proverb
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In a bet there is a fool and a thief. ~Proverb
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No physician is really good before he has killed one or two patients. ~Hindu Proverb
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Once I saw my parents argue because we didn't have a lot of money anymore. So, I did what I had to do. I got my piggy bank and I went out to the backyard and buried it. ~Jack Handey
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We are dealing in a day and time when the courts are defining sin different than the church. ~Johnny Hunt
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A clear conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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A bad cause requires many words. ~German Proverb
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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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The quieter you become, the more you can hear. ~Zen Proverb
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Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid. ~John Wayne
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