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Don't ruin the present with the ruined past.

© Ellen Gilchrist

Writing well was almost the same as thinking well, and thinking well was the next thing to acting well.

© Thomas Mann

Compassion is the basis of morality.

© Arthur Schopenhauer

The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.

© John Burroughs

We cannot live in a world that is interpreted for us by others. An interpreted world is not a hope. Part of the terror is to take back our own listening. To use our own voice. To see our own light.

© Hildegard of Bingen

All heaven's glory is within and so is hell's fierce burning.
You must yourself decide in which direction you are turning

© Angelus Silesius

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.

© Khalil Gibran
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I allow my intuition to lead my path.

© Manuel Puig

If I can't do it, I will work on it until I can. If I become able to do it, I will work on it until I can do it perfectly. If I become able to do it perfectly, I will work on it until I can do it perfectly any number of times.

© Yuzuru Hanyu

I feel like a wet seed wild in the hot blind earth.

© William Faulkner