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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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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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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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Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the read more

Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. -Chief Seattle.

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In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter read more

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. Thanks to Ellen Fletcher -Albert Schweitzer.

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When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed read more

When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us. -Alexander Graham Bell.

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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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What will be required to increase the quality of life and health is a coming together of technology and values, read more

What will be required to increase the quality of life and health is a coming together of technology and values, based on a scientific guiding principle that people can agree on. Securing a healthy global future requires this guiding principle to preserve freedom of spirit yet be as provable as the laws of physics. A guiding principle that addresses the meaning of life and is compelling enough to generate social cohesion and behaviors that serve the greater whole. After thirty years of investigation and research, it has become clear to me that the answer lies within the human heart. -Doc Childre.

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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 most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire. -Ferdinand Foch.

The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire. -Ferdinand Foch.

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