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Muhammad Yunus Social Entrepreneur
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"When tiny, tiny things start happening a million times, it becomes a large thing. It lays down the foundation of a strong economic base. With women participating in building this economic base, it becomes the foundation for better social and economic future."

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Muhammad Iqbal Poet, Philosopher
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"Indeed, in view of its function, religion stands in greater need of a rational foundation of its ultimate principles than even the dogmas of science."

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Eckhart Tolle Spiritual Teacher, Author
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"Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make."

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Saint Augustine Theologian, Philosopher
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"Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being little. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation. Modest humility is beauty's crown."

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Marie-Louise von Franz Psychologist, Author
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"To sum up: numbers appear to represent both an attribute of matter and the unconscious foundation of our mental process. For this reason, number forms, according to Jung, that particular element that unites the realms of matter and psyche. It is "real" in a double sense, as an archetypal image and as a qualitative manifestation in the realm of outer-world experience."

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Eckhart Tolle Spiritual Teacher, Author
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"Your primary purpose is to be here fully, and to be total in whatever you do so that the preciousness of the present moment does not become reduced to a means to an end. And there you have your life purpose. That's the very foundation of your life."

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Edmund Burke Philosopher, Politician
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"True religion is the foundation of society. When that is once shaken by contempt, the whole fabric cannot be stable nor lasting."

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Alfred North Whitehead Philosopher, Mathematician
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"The foundation of reverence is this perception, that the present holds within itself the complete sum of existence, backwards and forwards, that whole amplitude of time, which is eternity."

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Thomas Jefferson Politician, Founding Father
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"The judiciary of the United States is the subtle corps of sappers and miners constantly working under ground to undermine the foundations of our confederated fabric. They are construing our constitution from a co-ordination of a general and special government to a general and supreme one alone."

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Socrates Philosopher
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"All of the wisdom of this world is but a tiny raft upon which we must set sail when we leave this earth. If only there was a firmer foundation upon which to sail, perhaps some divine word."

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