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Thomas Merton Writer, Monk
May

"My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me...you will lead me by the right road, though I may know nothing about it. Therefore I will trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone."

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Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher, Writer
May

"You may have enemies whom you hate, but not enemies whom you despise. You must be proud of your enemy: then the success of your enemy shall be your success too."

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Brian Tracy Author, Speaker
May

"What have you always wanted to do but been afraid to attempt? Whatever it is, it may be your greatest opportunity in life."

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Lucy Stone Abolitionist, Women's Rights Advocate
May

"It is very little to me to have the right to vote, to own property, etc., if I may not keep my body, and its uses, in my absolute right"

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Petrarch Poet, Scholar
May

"Death is a sleep that ends our dreaming. Oh, that we may be allowed to wake before death wakes us."

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David Walker Artist
May

"I may be doomed to the stake and the fire, or to the scaffold tree, but it is not in me to falter if I can promote the work of emancipation."

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William Shakespeare Playwright, Poet
May

"The gates of monarchs Are arched so high that giants may jet through And keep their impious turbans on without Good morrow to the sun."

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Rene Descartes Philosopher, Mathematician
May

"If ... it is not in my power to arrive at the knowledge of any truth, I may at least do what is in my power, namely, suspend judgement."

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