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