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Charles Darwin Naturalist, Geologist
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"...he who remains passive when over-whelmed with grief loses his best chance of recovering his elasticity of mind."

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Charles Dickens Novelist
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"I have made up my mind that I must have money, Pa. I feel that I can't beg it, borrow it, or steal it; and so I have resolved that I must marry it."

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"An hour's conversation on literature between two ardent minds with a common devotion to a neglected poet is a miraculous road to intimacy."

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Charlie Munger Investor, Businessman
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"A lot of opportunities in life tend to last a short while, due to some temporary inefficiency... For each of us, really good investment opportunities aren't going to come along too often and won't last too long, so you've got to be ready to act and have a prepared mind."

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Chris Sharma Rock Climber
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"Most injuries happen when you're not motivated, too, and you're forcing yourself to do something. Your mind's not aligned with your body and you're just going through the motions. That's when you're most likely to get injured."

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Christopher Hitchens Author, Critic, Journalist
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"We know that our life is essentially tragic. I'm absolutely not for handing over that very important department of our psyche to those who say, "Why didn't you say so before? God has a plan for you in mind.""

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Confucius Philosopher
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"The general of a large army may be defeated, but you cannot defeat the determined mind of a peasant."

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Craig Stone Musician
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"They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but us sheep know, true beauty is not in the eye: it lives in the mind."

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Blaise Pascal Mathematician, Physicist, Philosopher
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"It is the conduct of God, who disposes all things kindly, to put religion into the mind by reason, and into the heart by grace."

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Brigham Young Religious Leader
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"Our education should be such as to improve our minds and fit us for increased usefulness; to make us of greater service to the human family."

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Buddy Rich Jazz Musician
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"I think the drummer should sit back there and play some drums, and never mind about the tunes. Just get up there and wail behind whoever is sitting up there playing the solo. And this is what is lacking, definitely lacking in music today."

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Byron Katie Author, Speaker
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"A lover of what is looks forward to everything: life, death, disease, loss, earthquakes, bombs, anything the mind might be tempted to call 'bad.' Life will bring us everything we need, to show us what we haven't undone yet. Nothing outside ourselves can make us suffer. Except for our unquestioned thoughts, every place is paradise."

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Byron Katie Author, Speaker
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"To me, health is a balanced mind. A balanced mind knows how to get enough rest, how to eat properly, how to exercise. I have come out as just a balanced human being, and I don't know anything finer than that."

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Byron Katie Author, Speaker
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"Happiness is a clear mind. A clear and sane mind knows how to live, how to work, what emails to send, what phone calls to make, and what to do do to create what it wants without fear."

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