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"One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul, and yet no one ever comes to sit by it." -Vincent van Gogh, painter (30 Mar 1853-1890)

It is easier to start a war than it is to end one.

-Sallust, Roman historian.

"If you don't have a seat at the table, you are on the menu." Oscar Wilde

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"A smile is happiness you'll find right under your nose." Tom Wilson

"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around." Leo Buscaglia

“As one digs deeper into the national character of Americans, one sees that they have sought the value of everything in this world only in the answer to this single question: How much money will it bring in?” Alexis De Tocqueville

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them. Mark Twain

"Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form." - Rumi

Have you come to die with me, little priest?

-Errol Childress, aka the Yellow King, from True Detective.

''America touts itself as the land of the free, but the number one freedom that you and I have is the
freedom to enter into a subservient role in the workplace. Once you exercise this freedom you've lost
all control over what you do, what is produced, and how it is produced. And in the end, the product
doesn't belong to you. The only way you can avoid bosses and jobs is if you don't care about making a
living. Which leads to the second freedom: the freedom to starve." -Sub Commandante Marcos-

"life sucks and then you die" - some person

"sic transit Gloria" - some old roman

"Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive." Elbert Hubbard

"Rockefeller once explained the secret of success. 'Get up early, work late - and strike oil.'"
[joey Adams]

*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

*It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
*The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
*There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.
*My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
Aristotle

*But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
*And know that I am with you always; yes, to the end of time.
*Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day.
*For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and everyone who humbles himself will be exalted.
Jesus

If you took the most ardent revolutionary, vested him in absolute power, within a year he would be worse than the Tsar himself. - Mikhail Bakunin

"The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you never know whether or not they're genuine"
-Abraham Lincoln