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A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them.


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Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.

Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.



If you want to build a ship, don't summon people to buy wood, prepare tools, distribute jobs, and organize the work; teach people the yearning for the wide, boundless ocean.

If you want to build a ship, don't summon people to buy wood, prepare tools, distribute jobs, and organize the work; teach people the yearning for the wide, boundless ocean.



What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.

What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.



Every person that comes into our life comes for a reason; some come to learn and others come to teach.

Every person that comes into our life comes for a reason; some come to learn and others come to teach.



Let your dream devour your life, not your life devour your dream.

Let your dream devour your life, not your life devour your dream.



And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.

And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.



As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.

As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.



The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.

The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.



True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.

True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.



I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams.

I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams.





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Though people are laughing at the dirt surrounding you, they are missing to see the seeds also planted, growing silently within.

Though people are laughing at the dirt surrounding you, they are missing to see the seeds also planted, growing silently within.



You got beat up. Bones and bruises heal. Those girls didn't win because they didn't do what they wanted. They wanted to break you. I was already broken."You're not broken at all.

You got beat up. Bones and bruises heal. Those girls didn't win because they didn't do what they wanted. They wanted to break you. I was already broken."You're not broken at all.



Happiness comes from the full understanding of your own being.

Happiness comes from the full understanding of your own being.



Peace has never come from dropping bombs. Real peace comes from enlightenment and educating people to behave more in a divine manner.

Peace has never come from dropping bombs. Real peace comes from enlightenment and educating people to behave more in a divine manner.



There will never be a time when your life is not this moment.

There will never be a time when your life is not this moment.



I’m quite hyper, and my wife would prefer it if I sat down and read a book.

I’m quite hyper, and my wife would prefer it if I sat down and read a book.



We're antithetical. You use your mind one way; I use mine another. I recognize what you're doing, but I can't imagine it.

We're antithetical. You use your mind one way; I use mine another. I recognize what you're doing, but I can't imagine it.



There are many experts on how things have been done up to now. If you think something could use a little improvement, you are the expert.

There are many experts on how things have been done up to now. If you think something could use a little improvement, you are the expert.



If in doubt, just walk until your day becomes interesting.

If in doubt, just walk until your day becomes interesting.



I hate perception. There's far too much of it in football

I hate perception. There's far too much of it in football




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