"There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher."

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Source : Henry Van Dyke (2007). “Counsels by the Way”, p.129, Wildside Press LLC

Henry Van Dyke

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“Money is hard to earn and easy to lose. Guard yours with care.”
“The balance is the penalty of being human: the danger of allowing yourself to feel. For this we walk a narrow path high above rocky ground. On one side we have the descent into animalism, on the other a godhead delusion. Both pulling at us, both tempting. But without these forces tugging at your psyche, stirring it into conflict, you can never love. They awaken us, you see, these warring sides, they arouse our passion.”

Source : "The Reality Dysfunction". Book by Peter F. Hamilton, October 8, 2008.
“Being a part of success is more important than being personally indispensable.”

Source : Pat Riley (1993). “Winner Within Success”, Putnam Publishing Group
“Make your art a gift of inspiration to others to work toward better things.”
“I am what I am,' Salander said 'I ran away from everything and everybody. I should have said goodbye.”
“PeaceÂ… starts within each one of us. When we have inner peace, we can be at peace with those around us.”
“I could not wait for the sun to come up the next morning so that I could get out on the course again.”
“You must never regret what might have been. The past that did not happen is as hidden from us as the future we cannot see.”

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