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ÔÇ£Do the best you canuntil you know better. Then do better.ÔÇØ
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ÔÇ£We flew in the air like birds & swam in the sea like fishes, but we still have to learn the simple act of walking on the earth as brothers.ÔÇØ
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ÔÇ£We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity; more than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost.ÔÇØ
Charlie Chaplin
"I fear the day that technology will surpass our humanity. The world will have a generation of idiots.
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Albert Einstein
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ÔÇ£Life is a beautiful magnificent thing, even to a jellyfish.ÔÇØ
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"DonÔÇÖt wait for miracles, your whole life is a miracle."
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smug and rigid empiricists know the price of everything and the value of nothing.
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"I'm sorry, but I don't want to be an emperor. That's not my business. I don't want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone if possible; Jew, Gentile, black man, white."
Charles Chaplin
"Hail to the man who went through life always helping others, knowing no fear, and to whom aggressiveness and resentment are alien. Such is the stuff of which the great moral leaders are made."
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ÔÇ£Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.ÔÇØ
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"All I wanted and expected from life was to sit quietly in some corner doing my work without the public paying attention to me."
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ÔÇ£Life can be wonderful if you're not afraid of it. All it takes is courage and imagination.ÔÇØ
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"Imagination is the language of the soul. Pay attention to your imagination and you will discover all you need to be fulfilled."
Albert Einstein
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ÔÇ£Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.Kindness in giving creates love.ÔÇØ
Lao Tzu
ÔÇ£We will never have true civilisation until we have learned to recognise the rights of others.ÔÇØ
Will Rogers
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ÔÇ£The less talent they have, the more pride, vanity & arrogance they have. All these fools, however, find other fools who will applaud them.ÔÇØ
Erasmus, 1509
ÔÇ£The illerate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read & write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, & relearn.ÔÇØ
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ÔÇ£It may be suggested by some books that it is not a sin to kill an animal, but it is written in our own hearts ÔÇô more clearly than in any book - that we should take pity on animals in the same way as we do on humansÔÇØ
Leo Tolstoy
ÔÇ£Librarians are the generals in the war on ignorance.ÔÇØ
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ÔÇ£True compassion s unconditional.Every being, no matter how small or weak, deserves kindness & care.ÔÇØ
Buddha
ÔÇ£No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally - & often far more ÔÇô worth reading at the age of 50 & beyond.ÔÇØ
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ÔÇ£Books are no more threatened by kindle than stairs by elevators.ÔÇØ
Stephen Fry
ÔÇ£I cannot imagine a man really enjoying a book & reading it only once.ÔÇØ
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ÔÇ£I believe in loyalty. When a woman reaches a certain age she likes, she should stick with it.ÔÇØ
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ÔÇ£We must beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.ÔÇØ
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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ÔÇ£We must beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.ÔÇØ
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Wonderful find Lilith7. He was aware of these types even then, and we're just having a bad reocurrence.
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(26-02-2025, 01:20 PM)zqwerty Wrote: ÔÇ£We must beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.ÔÇØ
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Wonderful find Lilith7.  He was aware of these types even then, and we're just having a bad reocurrence.
Yes I thought its particulary apt for these times,
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ÔÇ£Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.ÔÇØ - Oscar Wilde
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ÔÇ£There is no amount of money,.oil, or gold, that is worth more than having bees, trees &
clean water.ÔÇØ
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ÔÇ£No one is perfect, not me, not you, not them,If you want to live a peaceful life, accept yourself for who you are & accept others for who they are.ÔÇØ
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ÔÇ£If humans are to survive, they will learn to take delight in the essential differnces between cultures. To learn that differences in ideas & attitudes are a delight, part of life's exciting variety, not something to fear.ÔÇØ
Gene Roddenberry
ÔÇ£Life's most persistent & urgent question is ÔÇ£What are you doing for others?ÔÇØ
Martin Luther King
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ÔÇ£Librarians hold the keys to universes, open portals to worlds beyond & dole out dreams to fill our hearts.ÔÇØ
Jamie E. Davis
ÔÇ£I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I've eaten; even so, they made me.ÔÇØ
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ÔÇ£Courage doesn't always roar. Sometiimes, courage is a quiet voice at the end of the day saying,' I will try again tomorrow.ÔÇØ
Mary Ann Radmacher
ÔÇ£No society can legitimately call itself civilised if a sick person is denied medical aid because of a lack of means.ÔÇØ
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