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I created this account to share the tiny bits of wisdom that have broadened my perspective on life. Hopefully you'll enjoy them too.

New York, NY
Joined October 2010
"Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than you." — Dr. Seuss
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"Anything that is less than kind, is false identification." — Byron Katie #kindness
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"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." — Confucius
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"We are disturbed not by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens." — Epictetus
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"The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers." — Deepak Chopra
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"A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life." — Dalai Lama XIV
"Life is more or less a lie, but then again, that's exactly the way we want it to be." — Bob Dylan
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"There is no 'what should be,' there is only 'what is.'" — Lenny Bruce
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"You can't change what you don't acknowledge." — Dr. Phil
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"What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway." — Mother Teresa
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"Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don't have to live forever you just have to live." — Natalie Babbitt
"We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be." — May Sarton
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"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless." — Mother Teresa
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"When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind." — Seneca
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"I have done my best', that is about all the philosophy of living that one needs." — Lin-Yutang
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"The greatest master that you will ever meet is the nature of your mind." — Chamtrul Rinpoche
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"The feeling of boredom can be very interesting if you look into it." — Alan Watts
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"We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves." — Dalai Lama XIV
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"Be brave; dare to love the pieces of yourself no one else will ever see." — Emma Bleker
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"Solitude is not chosen, any more than destiny is chosen. Solitude comes to us if we have within us the magic stone that attracts destiny." — Hermann Hesse
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