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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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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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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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Resolve to be thyself: and know, that he who finds himself, loses his misery. -Matthew Arnold.

Resolve to be thyself: and know, that he who finds himself, loses his misery. -Matthew Arnold.

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Dolendi modus, timendi non item. (To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.) -Bacon.

Dolendi modus, timendi non item. (To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.) -Bacon.

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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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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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All that we are is the result of what we have thought. -Buddha.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. -Buddha.

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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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High expectations are the key to everything.

High expectations are the key to everything.

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