Wise thoughts and quotes 3
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It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.
J.K. Rowling
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The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.
Cicero
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Men are from Earth, women are from Earth. Deal with it.
George Carlin
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The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept.
George Carlin
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Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
Malcolm X
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You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more?
Chris Rock
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A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
George Bernard Shaw
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He was mastered by the sheer surging of life, the tidal wave of being, the perfect joy of each separate muscle, joint, and sinew in that it was everything that was not death, that it was aglow and rampant, expressing itself in movement, flying exultantly under the stars.
Jack London
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You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
Jack London
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Friendship is born at that moment when one man says to another: "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . ."
C. S. Lewis
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Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.
C. S. Lewis
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What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it.
C. S. Lewis
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God can't give us peace and happiness apart from Himself because there is no such thing.
C. S. Lewis
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Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.
C. S. Lewis
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As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself... Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.
Nelson Mandela
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If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
Nelson Mandela
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As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison.
Nelson Mandela
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There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
Nelson Mandela
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Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.
Nelson Mandela
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I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.
Nelson Mandela
