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    Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong. -Lao-Tzu (600 B.C.).

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To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else. -Bernadette Devlin.

To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else. -Bernadette Devlin.

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When I discover who I am, I'll be free. -Ralph Ellison.

When I discover who I am, I'll be free. -Ralph Ellison.

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Vision is not enough, it must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps, we read more

Vision is not enough, it must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs. Thanks to Catherine Doucette -Vaclav Havel.

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You can have anything you want if you want it desperately enough. You must want it with an exuberance that read more

You can have anything you want if you want it desperately enough. You must want it with an exuberance that erupts through the skin and joins the energy that created the world. -Sheila Graham.

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There is only one-way in which one can endure man's inhumanity to man and that is to try, in one's read more

There is only one-way in which one can endure man's inhumanity to man and that is to try, in one's own life, to exemplify man's humanity to man. -Alan Paton.

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To know the value of generosity, it is necessary to have suffered from the cold indifference of others. . -Eugene read more

To know the value of generosity, it is necessary to have suffered from the cold indifference of others. . -Eugene Cloutier.

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The future of civilization depends on our overcoming the meaninglessness and hopelessness that characterizes the thoughts of men today. -Albert read more

The future of civilization depends on our overcoming the meaninglessness and hopelessness that characterizes the thoughts of men today. -Albert Schweitzer.

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The capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest meaning and significance. Thanks to Ayn Fox -Pablo read more

The capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest meaning and significance. Thanks to Ayn Fox -Pablo Casals.

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We have not inherited the earth from our ancestors, we have only borrowed it from our children. . -Ancient Proverb.

We have not inherited the earth from our ancestors, we have only borrowed it from our children. . -Ancient Proverb.

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