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We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.

—Walter Scott

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From its brilliancy everything is illuminated.

—Guru Nanak

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I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.

—Albert Einstein

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You cannot possibly invent painting all by yourself.

—Pierre Bonnard

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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.

—Samuel Johnson

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When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself.

—Peter O'Toole

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Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.

—Plato

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To love is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.

—Emily Dickinson

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Don't brood. Get on with living and loving. You don't have forever.

—Leo Buscaglia

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Another plan I have is World Peace through Formal Introductions. The idea is that everyone in the world would be required to meet everyone else in the world, formally, at least once. You'd have to look the person in the eye, shake hands, repeat their name, and try to remember one outstanding physical characteristic. My theory is, if you knew everyone in the world personally, you'd be less inclined to fight them in a war: "Who? The Malaysians? Are you kidding? I know those people!

—George Carlin

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The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.

—Tennessee Williams

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Tenderness contains an element of sadness. It is not the sadness of feeling sorry for yourself or feeling deprived, but it is a natural situation of fullness. You feel so full and rich, as if you were about to shed tears. Your eyes are full of tears, and the moment you blink, the tears will spill out of your eyes and roll down your cheeks. In order to be a good warrior, one has to feel this sad and tender heart.

—Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche

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It could be that there's only one word and it's all we need. It's here in this pencil. Every pencil in the world is like this.

—W. S. Merwin

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Forgiveness is not simply the absolving of an enemy, or one who has done us wrong. Forgiveness must encompass all those things which disturb the tranquility of our soul: the barking dog that robs you of sleep, the heat of summer, the cold of winter. Forgive the ingrown toenail, the flea that bites; forgive the cranky child, wrinkles, a forgotten birthday.

—Barbara Wood

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The older I grow, the more I listen to people who don't talk much.

—Germain G. Glien

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