Quotable Quotes 14

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“It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.”

― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

 

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“A person’s success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.”

 —  Tim Ferriss

 

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"Feelings don't just matter--they are what mattering means."

~ Daniel Gilbert

 

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"No problem is insoluble in all conceivable circumstances."

~ Isaac Asimov, The Last Question (1956)

 

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The gift is you.

~ John Denver

 

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A thousand half-loves must be forsaken to take one whole heart home.

~ Rumi

 

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"You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop."

"Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion."

~ Rumi

 

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You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments, or publicity.

~ Thomas Wolfe

 

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"In broaching the possibility of being, in some way, against self-criticism, we have to imagine a world in which celebration is less suspect than criticism; in which the alternatives of celebration and criticism are seen as a determined narrowing of the repertoire; and in which we praise whatever we can."

~ Adam Phillips, “Against Self-Criticism" (published in Unforbidden Pleasures: Rethinking Authority, Power, and Vitality)

 

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"All friendships of any length are based on a continued, mutual forgiveness. Without tolerance and mercy all friendships die."

~ David Whyte

 

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"The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers."

~ Sydney Harris

 

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"‎Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow."

~ Swedish proverb