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“People at large are becoming more aware that there is much more to reality and to themselves than what meets the eye.”

“Pay me for my work, but I don't do it for the money.”

“We saw Earth’s breath.”

“The people knew what had made them human. It was not their shortcomings, but their hearts.”

“When the personal worth of individuals is calculated only in money, sense of self becomes confused with financial net worth.”

“People who worship only themselves get a slick, polished look -- like monuments. Too bad they had to go so soon.”

Resonant Thoughts

"I commend you and rejoice in the fact that you are persistent in your studies, and that, putting all else aside, you make it each day your endeavour to become a better man."

— Seneca the Younger

Philosophy-4–65

#life

"Your petitioners are Atheists and they define their lifestyle as follows. An Atheists loves himself and his fellow man instead of a god. An Atheist thinks that heaven is something for which we should …"

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Politics1919–1995

#life

"I'm sorry for my inability to let unimportant things go, for my inability to hold on to the important things."

— Jonathan Safran Foer

Literature1977

#life

"This novel was born out of a combination of visits I paid to Kolkata and my own musings on family secrets . It struck me that that's an element that transcends culture and country -- the family secret…"

— Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Literature1956

#life