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Deepak Chopra Author, Speaker
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"Each of us plays four roles in relation to the brain. We lead, we inspire, we invent, and we use it. Most people do not actively use their brains. They passively let their feelings and thoughts control their lives. They don't invent new ways to use their brains, either, settling instead for the same routine and repetitive thoughts every day. But if you master all four roles, you create your super brain. When you are the active observer of your feelings and thoughts, you become the user of your brain. Your super brain then serves you, not vice versa."

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Simone de Beauvoir Philosopher, Writer
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"Life is occupied in both perpetuating itself and in surpassing itself; if all it does is maintain itself, then living is only not dying."

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Susan Sontag Essayist, Critic, Activist
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"The possession of a camera can inspire something akin to lust. And like all credible forms of lust, it cannot be satisfied."

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"Jordan seeks to play only one role, that of a model state. It is our aim to set an example for our Arab brethren, not one that they need follow but one that will inspire them to seek a higher, happier destiny within their own borders."

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Carl Sagan Astronomer, Astrophysicist
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"The library connects us with the insight and knowledge, painfully extracted from Nature, of the greatest minds that ever were, with the best teachers, drawn from the entire planet and from all our history, to instruct us without tiring, and to inspire us to make our own contribution to the collective knowledge of the human species."

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Wilferd Peterson Author and Speaker
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"You are a bundle of mysteries. Finding and conquering yourself is a lifetime task. There are unplumbed depths in you full of the rich ore of personal discovery. Explore your self! There is power in you — the power to change yourself and to change the world."

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Tracy Kidder Author
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"You do the right thing even if it makes you feel bad. The purpose of life is not to be happy but to be worthy of happiness."

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Pema Chodron Buddhist Teacher, Author
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"We can begin to open our hearts to others when we have no hope of getting anything back. We just do it for its own sake."

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Simon Sinek Author, Motivational Speaker
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"There are only two ways to influence human behavior: you can manipulate it or you can inspire it."

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