"Don't be afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind."

-- Hamilton Wright Mabie

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“Learning an instrument isn't about becoming a star anymore than learning to swim means you want to become a haddock”
“When in such sadness I earnestly elevated my spirit into God and locked my whole heart and mind along with all my thoughts and will therein, ceaselessly pressing in with God's Love and Mercy, and not to cease until he blessed me? then after some hard storms my spirit broke through hell's gates into the inmost birth of the Godhead, and there I was embraced with Love as a bridegroom embraces his dear bride.”
“Love your enemy. But don't forget he is not your friend”
“Everything that's bad for you catches on too quickly in America, because that's the easiest thing to get people to invest in, the pursuits that are easy and destructive, the ones that bring out the least positive aspects of people.”
“I think that Africa has made quite rapid progress and a lot of the conflicts that we saw on the continent have abated.”

Source : "Ghana's New President Shaped By A Violent Past". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. July 25, 2012.
“The enduring attraction of war is this: Even with its destruction and carnage it can give us what we long for in life. It can give us purpose, meaning, a reason for living.”
“Morbid attention is when we focus only on the shortcomings that come with aging, which are inevitable, and think that everything that is wrong is a result of aging.”

Source : Source: www.whitelotus.org
“So do I wish I was to be king? That is not a question I ask myself. I ask myself, Would I be a good king? Would I be quick witted and generous of spirit and full of that boundless energy? Or would I be clumsy and stupid and dulled by my own prejudices? I try to be a good man, since I am alive at all, and hope that that teaches me what I would need to know if I was ever faced with a higher challenge.”

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