Dalai Lama
Spiritual Leader
"As you breathe in, cherish yourself. As you breathe out, cherish all Beings."
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Cherish
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Voltaire
Philosopher, Writer
"Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it."
Gautama Buddha
Spiritual Teacher
"Goodwill toward all beings is the true religion; cherish in your hearts boundless goodwill to all that lives."
Gustave Flaubert
Novelist
"One's duty is to feel what is great, cherish the beautiful, and to not accept the conventions of society with the ignominy that it imposes upon us."
Pythagoras
Philosopher, Mathematician
"Dear youths, I warn you cherish peace divine, And in your hearts lay deep these words of mine."
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"After you have wept and grieved for your physical losses, cherish the functions and the life you have left."
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"Every one of us is shadowed by an illusory person: a false Self. We are not very good at recognizing illusions, least of all the ones we cherish about ourselves."
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"Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help."
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"Although it is difficult to pinpoint the physical base or location of awareness, it is perhaps the most precious thing concealed within our brains. And it is something that the individual alone can feel and experience. Each of us cherishes it highly, yet it is private."
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"Cherish that which is in you and shut out that which is without, for much knowledge is a curse."
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"The word liberal comes from the word free. We must cherish and honor the word free or it will cease to apply to us."
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"Cherish the questions, for the answers keep changing."
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"We have one life and we should cherish it and make it the best we can."
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"And so, with a boundless heart should one cherish all living beings."
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"Time itself is an individual gift. It is wise to cherish it carefully and give it away generously."
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"It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone."
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"Gratitude is a word that I cherish. Gratitude is what defines the happiness and humanity of the human being."
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"I want to hear the word 'cherish' about 5 times."
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"I do not now begin, - I still adore Her whom I early cherish'd in my breast; Then once again with prudence dispossess'd, And to whose heart I'm driven back once more. The love of Petrarch, that all-glorious love, Was unrequited, and, alas, full sad."
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"No generous mind delights to oppress the weak, but rather to cherish and protect."
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"Do you cherish your humble and silky life?"
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"Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones."
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"After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
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"In the New Testament our enemies are those who harbor hostility against us, not those against whom we cherish hostility, for Jesus refuses to reckon with such a possibility."
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"Your soul cherishes every aspect of your life."
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