"Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors."

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“ Years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor.”

The poetry of the earth is never dead.

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I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order. John Burroughs

The best mirror is an old friend.

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Beautiful memories are like old friends. They may not always be on your mind, but they are forever in your heart.

One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats.

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Sweet Treats

Chocolate kisses and ice cream wishes. 

Lemon drops and soda pops. 

Jelly beans and sugar-filled dreams. 

Lollipops and candy shops.

Sugar is yummy in every way, 

and adds to my sweetness every day!

      ~~ Sarah Hammer

My dear friend, clear your mind of can't.

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“Rain brings rain of umbrellas!”

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Whether the Sikhs want to worship in Wisconsin or the Christians want to worship in Texas or the Jews want to worship in New York, we're living under the magnificent umbrella of a Constitution that says we can.          Marianne Williamson 

The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree.

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I believe our flag is more than just cloth and ink. It is a universally recognized symbol that stands for liberty, and freedom. It is the history of our nation, and it's marked by the blood of those who died defending it.         John Thune

  

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.

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“The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor and moral courage it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time.” 

― John Stuart Mill

True love stories never have endings.

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The mysterious is always attractive.

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Most women
I know are priestesses 
and healers... We are, all of us, sisters of a mysterious order. 
Marianne Willi

Stop seeking out the storms and enjoy more fully the sunlight.

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Your body is not a temple

It’s an amusement park.

Enjoy the ride.

Anthony Bourdain

"Shoot for the moon! Even if you miss...you'll land among the stars."

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"The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match, each one of you is a fuse."        Ed Koch 

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

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By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.      Confucius

Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.

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Begin noticing and being careful about keeping your imagination free of thoughts that you do not wish to materialize.
Instead, initiate a practice of filling your creative thoughts to overflow with ideas and wishes that you fully intend to manifest. Honor your imaginings regardless of others seeing them as crazy or impossible.  - Wayne Dyer

Faith builds the bridge from this old world to the new.

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I am seeking for the bridge which leans from the visible to the invisible through reality.   Max Beckmann

Every person is a new window to a different world.

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The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him with his friendship.     

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Freedom does not come without a price.

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Where globalization means, as it so often does, that the rich and powerful now have new means to further enrich and empower themselves at the cost of the poorer and weaker, 
we have a responsibility to protest in the name of universal freedom.    

Nelson Mandela

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

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Those who find beauty in all of nature will find themselves at one with the secrets of life itself. 

L. Wolfe Gilbert

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

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The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge 

but imagination.        Albert Einstein

“The greatest wealth is to live content with little.”

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“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.” 

Plato

“God is not interested in your denomination but, your heart.”

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“If anyone or anything tries to curse or kill the Goodness at the Center of all things, it will just keep coming back to life. Forever Easter.” 

― David Housholder

The first wild-flower of the year is like land after sea.

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The lovely flowers embarrass me,

They make me regret I am not a bee –

~Emily Dickinson

Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.

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Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist.   Be curious.      Stephen Hawking

“Open wide the window. Sun and sounds of the city energize my day.”

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“Enlarge your windows till you get a window where you can see the whole universe with one look!” 

― Mehmet Murat ildan

“A secret spoken finds wings.”

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A secret remains a secret until you make someone promise never to reveal it. – Fausto Cercignani