"Faith is having a good opinion of God. That God is a good God. He is not a taker but a give!!!"
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"If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don’t hesitate. Give in to it."
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"[On Einstein:] You cannot analyze him, otherwise you will misjudge him. Such a genius should be irreproachable in every respect. But no, nature doesn't behave like this. Where she gives extravagantly, she takes away extravagantly."
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"No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind."
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"Vanity in its idler moments is benevolent, is as willing to give pleasure as to take it, and accepts as sufficient reward for its services a kind word or an approving smile."
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"If you're not willing to work hard, let someone else do it. I'd rather be with someone who does a horrible job, but gives 110% than with someone who does a good job and gives 60%."
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"Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world."
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"It matters that you don't just give up."
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"Poetry can be dangerous, especially beautiful poetry, because it gives the illusion of having had the experience without actually going through it."
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"Embryonic stem cell research has the potential to alleviate so much suffering. Surely, by working together we can harness its life-giving potential."
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"So in Asia I want to make - I want to succeed to make a model of what success, practicing democracy, and market economy. Then that will give a good influence over Asian countries."
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"And yet we are but tenants. Let us assure ourselves of this, and then it will not be so hard to make room for the new administration; for shortly the great Landlord will give us notice that our lease has expired."
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"The Crucifixion and other historical precedents notwithstanding, many of us still believe that outstanding goodness is a kind of armor, that virtue, seen plain and bare, gives pause to criminality. But perhaps it is the other way around."
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"I am not a speaker nor a preacher. I have no mission to change the world. I have no original words or teaching to give anyone. I reflect only what I've seen and heard - most ordinary, very common. I have no fascination for fresh ideas and activity. All enthusiasm for worldly endeavours and strivings have all but gone. For me, thoughts, words and deeds- the activities of life, are merely the utensils for serving out the 'prasad' of the Being-ness."
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"Give to a wounded heart seclusion; consolation nor reason ever effected anything in such a case."
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"I really wonder what gives us the right to wreck this poor planet of ours."
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"You have to start giving first and expect absolutely nothing."
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"Quality in a product or service is not what the supplier puts in. It is what the customer gets out and is willing to pay for. A product is not quality because it is hard to make and costs a lot of money, as manufacturers typically believe. This is incompetence. Customers pay only for what is of use to them and gives them value. Nothing else constitutes quality."
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"The purpose of education is to give to the body and to the soul all the beauty and all the perfection of which they are capable."
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"The winners in life treat their body as if it were a magnificent spacecraft that gives them the finest transportation and endurance for their lives."
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