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After
all, it is no more surprising to be born twice than it is
to be born once.
- Voltaire
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The
idea of reincarnation poses no threat to the sincere seeker,
for a true seeker realizes that God-awareness is a vast journey
encompassing many lives. The idea of reincarnation is a threat
to organized religion which seeks to control the lives of
people by holding out the fear of eternal hell if one does
not perform certain actions or hold certain beliefs.
- S. G. McKeever
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Our
faith must be alive. It cannot be just a set of rigid beliefs
and notions. Our faith must evolve every day and bring us
joy, peace, freedom and love.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
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When
our beliefs are based on our own direct experience of reality
and not on notions offered by others, no one can remove these
beliefs from us.
- Thich Nhat Hanh
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Angels
come in many shapes and sizes, and most of them are not invisible.
- Martha Beck
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The
wealth of the soul is measured by how much it can feel; it's
poverty by how little.
- W.R. Alger
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Be
humble and you will grow.
- Jon Peniel
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Perfection
is the child of time.
- Joseph Hall
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Energy
and persistence conquer all things.
- Benjamin Franklin
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Knowing
others is wisdom; knowing the self is enlightenment; mastering
others requires force; mastering the self needs strength.
- Tao te Ching
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The
shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is
to be in reality what we would appear to be; all human virtues
increase and strengthen themselves by the practice and experience
of them.
- Socrates
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We
are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act,
but a habit.
- Aristotle
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Wise
living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than
in acquiring as few habits as possible.
- Eric Hoffer
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Few
things are impossible to diligence and skill….Great works
are performed, not by strength, but perseverance.
- Samuel Johnson
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Genius
without education is like silver in the mine.
- Benjamin Franklin
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We
have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.
- Rudyard Kipling
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It
is better to wear out than to rust out.
- Bishop Richard Cumberland
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Victory
belongs to the most persevering.
-Napolean Bonaparte
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Derive
happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating
the fog that surrounds us.
- Henri Matisse
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Before
enlightenment-chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment-chop
wood, carry water.
- Zen Buddhist Saying
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Never
be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying,
or meditating, or endeavoring something for the public good.
- Sanskrit Proverb
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