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Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly. 

~ Arnold Edinborough

 

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At times, challenges hit with the force of a roaring, rushing waterfall.  The true test, however, is whether you can put your arms up and enjoy the feel of the water.

~ Aviva Kaufman

 

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Soul-mates are people who bring out the best in you.  They are not perfect but are always perfect for you.

~ Unknown

 

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Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.

- Albert Einstein

 

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Every morning is a beautiful morning.

~ Terri Guillemets

 

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Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress.

- Charles Dickens

 

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The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.

- Anais Nin

 

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Solitude is the place of purification.

- Martin Buber

 

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Quiet the mind, and the soul will speak.

~ Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati

 

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The joyful news of Easter is that light and love can never be suppressed.

- anonymous

 

In Western Christian traditions, today is the Easter holiday.  For more information on its significance, please consider http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter

 

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“The point is that when I see a sunset or a waterfall or something, for a split second it's so great, because for a little bit I'm out of my brain, and it's got nothing to do with me. I'm not trying to figure it out, you know what I mean? And I wonder if I can somehow find a way to maintain that mind stillness.”

― Chris Evans

 

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Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.

~ Jean Anouilh

 

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Moments of true joy shine through without a word.

- anonymous

 

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Passover affirms the great truth that liberty is the inalienable right of every human being.

- Morris Joseph, "Judaism as Creed and Life"

 

Yesterday evening began the Jewish festival of Passover.  For more information on this observance, please consider http://www.jewfaq.org/holidaya.htm

 

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True courage is loving another person fully and deeply without requiring or expecting them to feel the same way back.

~ Michael Eisen       

 

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Confidence doesn’t come out of nowhere. It’s a result of something…hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication.

~ Roger Staubach

 

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Sometimes your only available transportation is a leap of faith.

~ Margaret Shepherd

 

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Being happy doesn't mean everything is perfect. It means you have decided to look beyond the imperfections.

~Gerard Way 

 

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Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies.

~ Esther Lederer (aka Ann Landers)

 

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Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you.

~Denis Waitley

 

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Friends are those rare people who ask how you are and then wait for the answer.

~ unknown

 

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The essence of pleasure is spontaneity.

~ Germaine Greer

 

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St. Patrick's Day is an enchanted time - a day to begin transforming winter's dreams into summer's magic.

~ Adrienne Cook

 

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Don't try to be different.  Just be good.  To be good is different enough.

~ Arthur Freed

 

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The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring.

~ Oscar Wilde

 

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To believe in the things you can see and touch is no belief at all; but to believe in the unseen is a triumph and a blessing.

- Abraham Lincoln

 

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Your own words are the bricks and mortar of the dreams you want to realize. Your words are the greatest power you have. The words you choose and their use establish the life you experience.

~Sonia Choquette

 

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All of us, from time to time, need a plunge into freedom and novelty, after which routine and discipline will seem delightful by contrast.

~ André Maurois

 

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Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience.  Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.

~ Michel de Montaigne

 

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Do not be wise in words - be wise in deeds.

~ Jewish Proverb

 

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True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

~ William Penn

 

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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

 

Today is International Women’s Day.  For more information about this observance and celebration, please consider http://www.internationalwomensday.com/about.asp

 

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The purpose of life is to create and the by-product is happiness. To create… includes every waking activity of the human being; to have a creative attitude towards things is a more exact meaning, to live and to deal with other human beings creatively, which to me means seeing the God in them, and respecting and worshipping this God.

- E.B.R., “He Who Loses His Life”

 

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Love is a fruit in season at all times,

and within the reach of every hand.

~Mother Teresa