Carpe diem - seize the day!

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How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.

- Annie Dillard

The choices we make...

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"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."

- Albus Dumbledore

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter

When birds of a feather flock together...

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"Byrdes of on kynde and color flok and flye allwayes together."

Willima Turner, Rescuing of Romish Fox

"If birds of a feather flock together, they don't learn enough."

- Robert Half

Are you letting in the light?

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Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Do you believe in coincidence?

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Coincidences are God's way of remaining anonymous.

-Doris Lessing

Imagination is the party of the mind

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No one is able to enjoy such feast than the one who throws a party in his own mind.

- Selma Lagerlöf

Life's a play, enjoy it

Image: Dan Brady O Me! O Life! O Me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring;
Of the endless trains of the faithless—of cities fill’d with the foolish;
Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than I, and who more faithless?)
Of eyes that vainly crave the light—of the objects mean—of the struggle ever renew’d;
Of the poor results of all—of the plodding and sordid crowds I see around me;
Of the empty and useless years of the rest—with the rest me intertwined;
The question, O me! so sad, recurring—What good amid these, O me, O life?
Answer: That you are here—that life exists, and identity;
That the powerful play goes on, and you will contribute a verse. - Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

Umbrella of love

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The human mind is like an umbrella. It functions best when open.

- Walter Gropius

Don't be afraid to be a fool

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He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.

- Chinese Proverb

Belief can move mountains!

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Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

~William James

The world's perfect the way it is!

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Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change others.

- Gerald Jampolsky

Be kind to life & it'll be kind to you...

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Life is an echo. What you send out comes back.

- Chinese Proverb

Mirror to the mind

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How we think shows through in how we act. Attitudes are mirrors of the mind. They reflect thinking.

- David Joseph Schwartz

One of the oldest printed texts still used today

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Everyone you meet...

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Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something, and has lost something.

~ Proverb

Life is the best teacher

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"The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson."

- Tom Bodett

To dance or not to dance is not the question

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We’re fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.

~ Japanese Proverb

The relationship between thought, speech & action

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Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both.

- John Andrew Holmes

The dangers of complacency

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The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.

-Albert Einstein

Timeless whispers

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Time

Yesterday is history.

Tomorrow is a mystery.

Today is a gift.

That's why it's called the present.


- Unknown

Treasured Memories

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There Are Places I Remember

There are places I remember
All my life though some have changed
Some forever, not for better
Some have gone and some remain

All these places have their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I've loved them all

But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new

Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more

- John Lennon/Paul McCartney

Being the way you are with your friends

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A friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself.

- Jim Morrison

Death shall have no dominion

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And Death Shall Have No Dominion

And death shall have no dominion.
Dead mean naked they shall be one
With the man in the wind and the west moon;
When their bones are picked clean and the clean bones gone,
They shall have stars at elbow and foot;
Though they go mad they shall be sane,
Though they sink through the sea they shall rise again;
Though lovers be lost love shall not;
And death shall have no dominion.

And death shall have no dominion.
Under the windings of the sea
They lying long shall not die windily;
Twisting on racks when sinews give way,
Strapped to a wheel, yet they shall not break;
Faith in their hands shall snap in two,
And the unicorn evils run them through;
Split all ends up they shan't crack;
And death shall have no dominion.

And death shall have no dominion.
No more may gulls cry at their ears
Or waves break loud on the seashores;
Where blew a flower may a flower no more
Lift its head to the blows of the rain;
Though they be mad and dead as nails,
Heads of the characters hammer through daisies;
Break in the sun till the sun breaks down,
And death shall have no dominion.

- Dylan Thomas

The Questions of Life - Don't Ever Stop Asking

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I Wish, I Wish

I wish I knew, I wish I knew
what makes me, me, and what makes you, you.
It's just another point of view,
A state of mind I'm going through,
So what I see is never true.

I wish I could tell, I wish I could tell
what makes a heaven what makes a hell.
And do I get to ring my bell,
Or land up in some dusty cell.
While others reach the big hotel.

I wish I had, I wish I had
the secret of good, and the secret of bad.
Why does this question drive me mad?
'Cause I was taught when but a lad,
That bad was good and good was bad.

I wish I knew the mystery of
that thing called hate, and that thing called love.
What makes the in-between so rough?
Why is it always push and shove?
I guess I just don't know enough.

- Cat Stevens

Beyond the wall... there's life!

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Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren't.

~Barbara Sher