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• I am grateful to have been loved and to be loved now and to be able to love, because that liberates. Love liberates. It doesn't just hold - that's ego. Love liberates. It doesn't bind. Love says, 'I love you. I love you if you're in China. I love you if you're across town. I love you if you're in Harlem. I love you. I would like to be near you. I'd like to have your arms around me. I'd like to hear your voice in my ear. But that's not possible now, so I love you. Go.'

  Maya Angelou

  Inspiring, Love You, Grateful

  "6 Maya Angelou Quotes About Love to Incorporate Into Your Wedding" by Kim Fusaro, www.glamour.com. May 29, 2014.

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  We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Change, Inspiring

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from May 15, 2013

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• You gotta play the hand that's dealt you. There may be pain in that hand, but you play it. And I've played it.

  James Brady

  Pain, Kindness, Adversity

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• By nature all men are equal in liberty, but not in other endowments.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Nature, Powerful, Equality

  Saint Thomas (Aquinas) (1960). “St. Thomas Aquinas: Philosophical Texts”

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• You are smart people. You know that the tax cuts have not fueled record revenues. You know what it takes to establish causality. You know that the first order effect of cutting taxes is to lower tax revenues. We all agree that the ultimate reduction in tax revenues can be less than this first order effect, because lower tax rates encourage greater economic activity and thus expand the tax base. No thoughtful person believes that this possible offset more than compensated for the first effect for these tax cuts. Not a single one.

  Andrew Samwick

  Smart, Believe, Cutting

  "A New Year's Plea". voxbaby.blogspot.ru. January 03, 2007.

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• Nirvana or lasting enlightenment or true spiritual growth can be achieved only through persistent exercise of real love.

  M. Scott Peck

  Love, Inspiring, Spiritual

  M. Scott Peck (2002). “The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth”, p.97, Simon and Schuster

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• In order to align your life choices with your values, you will need to inquire about the effects of your actions (and inactions) on yourself and others. Although we are always stumbling upon new knowledge that shifts our choices and life direction, bringing conscious inquiry to life means that we continually ask questions that lead us to the information we need to make thoughtful decisions. Asking questions is liberating because we develop great understanding and discover more choices with our new knowledge

  Zoe Weil

  Mean, Asking Questions, Order

  Zoe Weil (2009). “Most Good, Least Harm: A Simple Principle for a Better World and Meaningful Life”, p.4, Simon and Schuster

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• John Colman Wood's The Names of Things is a thoughtful, patient, and ultimately rewarding book. It's about, among many other things, the connections human beings make, that in spite of everything, we will always make. To quote from the book, 'What he saw in the people was what the old anthropologists called communitas. It wasn't that the people sang and moved. It was their singing and moving together' Singing and moving together, Wood has found a way to express this profound and beautiful idea through fiction.

  Peter Orner

  Beautiful, Moving, Book

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• We are keenly aware of the faults of our friends, but if they like us enough it doesn't matter.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Friendship, Real, Matter

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• I like to work with artists from around the world. There are so many new inspiring filmmakers. I had the privilege recently to work with Ethiopian filmmaker Zeresenay Mehari and his wife on the film Difret. They are that unique balance of very thoughtful conscious filmmakers who are also brilliant, original artists.

  Angelina Jolie

  Artist, Unique, Wife

  "Angelina Jolie: "What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger"". Interview with Emily Zemler, www.elle.com. March 31, 2015.

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• The modern child may early in his or her existence have natural inclinations toward spirituality. The child may have imagination, originality, a simple and individual response to reality, and even a tendency to moments of thoughtful silence and absorption. All these tendencies, however, are soon destroyed by the dominant culture. The child becomes a yelling, brash, false little monster, brandishing a toy gun or dressed up like some character he has seen on television.

  Thomas Merton

  Children, Character, Reality

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• Our most difficult task as a friend is to offer understanding when we don't understand.

  Robert Breault

  Friendship, True Friend, Real

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• The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.

  Bernard Baruch

  Encouraging, Meaningful, Courage

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• Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Faith, Hope, Philosophical

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• The whole sphere of air that surrounds us, Alma, is alive with invisible attractions — electric, magnetic, fiery and thoughtful. There is a universal sympathy all around us… When we cease all argument and debate — both internal and external — our true questions can be heard and answered…That is the gathering of magic.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Air, Magic, Alive

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2013). “The Signature of All Things”, p.242, A&C Black

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• Here, I stole it for you. Why don’t you tell me what it’s for.” “Aw, Sophronia, how thoughtful. You brought me a present!

  Gail Carriger

  Gail Carriger (2013). “Curtsies and Conspiracies: Number 2 in series”, p.26, Hachette UK

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• In the enriching of marriage, the big things are the little things. There must be constant appreciation for each other and thoughtful demonstration of gratitude. A couple must encourage and help each other grow. Marriage is a joint quest for the good, the beautiful, and the divine

  James E. Faust

  Love, Marriage, Beautiful

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• I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

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• What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly.

  Richard Bach

  Inspirational, Change, Inspiring

  "Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah". Book by Richard Bach, 1977.

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• Good timber does not grow with ease; the stronger the wind, the stronger the trees

  J. Willard Marriott

  Inspirational, Life, Change

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  We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• Events and developments that we have observed in 2014, prove that this year will be very difficult for the world economy, but thoughtful economic policy, diversification and unity between the country's leadership and people guarantee that this year will be successful for us.

  Ilham Aliyev

  Leadership, Country, Successful

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• [Electronic newspapers will bring] plenty of ulcers for journalists because they'll have new deadlines every 60 seconds. It'll be a race to file. On the other hand, because space is infinite there will hopefully be more room for thoughtful pieces, longer pieces, the kind that a journalist wishes he or she could do but doesn't have the space.

  Russ Wilcox

  Race, Hands, Space

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.

  Jim Rohn

  Leadership, Being Strong, Business

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Sep 24, 2016

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• Words make you think a thought.
  Music makes you feel a feeling.
  A song makes you feel a thought.

  Yip Harburg

  Music, Dance, Wisdom

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