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I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.
— Alice WalkerOn PurposeAll happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
— Leo TolstoyOn PurposeWrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.
— Leo TolstoyOn PurposeThe two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
— Leo TolstoyOn DisciplineIf you want to be happy, be.
— Leo TolstoyOn PurposeTrue life is lived when tiny changes occur.
— Leo TolstoyOn DisciplineEveryone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
— Leo TolstoyOn Starting OverTo remain human in inhuman conditions is the ultimate test of character.
— Fyodor DostoevskyOn DisciplineMan is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering.
— Fyodor DostoevskyOn PurposeThe soul is healed by being with children.
— Fyodor DostoevskyOn Anxiety & Quiet DaysPain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart.
— Fyodor DostoevskyOn Anxiety & Quiet DaysThe darker the night, the brighter the stars.
— Fyodor DostoevskyOn Starting OverThe fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.
— William ShakespeareOn ConfidenceIt is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.
— William ShakespeareOn ConfidenceWe know what we are, but know not what we may be.
— William ShakespeareOn PurposeOur doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.
— William ShakespeareOn ConfidenceThere is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
— William ShakespeareOn Anxiety & Quiet DaysMastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.
— Lao TzuOn DisciplineThe flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
— Lao TzuOn Focus & DistractionWhen I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
— Lao TzuOn Starting OverThe best fighter is never angry.
— Lao TzuOn Anxiety & Quiet DaysOf all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.
— John MuirOn PurposeThe mountains are calling and I must go.
— John MuirOn PurposeIn every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.
— John MuirOn Anxiety & Quiet DaysThe power of imagination makes us infinite.
— John MuirOn PurposeI have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.
— Albert EinsteinOn Focus & DistractionThe true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.
— Albert EinsteinOn Focus & DistractionStrive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.
— Albert EinsteinOn PurposeImagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
— Albert EinsteinOn Focus & DistractionWe cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
— Albert EinsteinOn Focus & Distraction