"The perfect world is created when the mind is free to see it."

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“Everything happens for me, not to me.”

“Reality is always kinder than the story we tell about it.”

“When they attack you and you notice that you love them with all your heart, your Work is done.”

“You can only see what you believe—nothing else is possible.”

“If I had a prayer, it would be this: “God spare me from the desire for love, approval, and appreciation. Amen.”

“What is is. You don’t get a vote. Haven’t you noticed?”

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— Mary Harris Jones

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#freedom

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— Mark W. Clark

Military1896–1984

#freedom

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— Carl Safina

Literature1955

#Human Nature

"These are things I find enchanting and miraculous. I don’t have to be at the Grand Canyon to appreciate the way the world works, I can see that in reflections of light in my bathroom."

— John D. Carmack

Technology1970

#work