Category: Books
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Quote of the Day 6 November 2013 – A Fight Is Going On
“A fight is going on inside me,” said an old man to his son. “It is a terrible fight between two wolves. One wolf is evil. He is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other wolf is good. he is joy, peace, love, hope,…
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Quote of the Day 3 November 2013 – Touched
“- “Why don’t you like to be touched?” – “Because I’m fifty shades of fucked-up, Anastasia” — E.L. James (Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1)) [NO!!! It’s just a quote. I have not read these books. I just have a problem with being touched. But not as much of a problem that it used to be…
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Quote of the Day 2 November 2013 – Time
We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and…
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Quote of the Day 30 October 2013 – Sorrow and Desire
“Go into yourself. Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depths of your heart; confess to yourself whether you would have to die if you were forbidden to write. This most of all: ask yourself in the most silent hour of your night:…
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WISDOM of the Day 26 October 2013 – Silk
“You’re going to meet many people with domineering personalities: the loud, the obnoxious, those that noisily stake their claims in your territory and everywhere else they set foot on. This is the blueprint of a predator. Predators prey on gentleness, peace, calmness, sweetness and any positivity that they sniff out as weakness. Anything that is…
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Quote of the Day 22 October 2013 – Understanding
“The most important things are the hardest to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them — words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they’re brought out. But it’s more than that, isn’t it? The most important things…
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Thoughts of the Day 13 October 2013 – Human Satisfaction
“When I meet people in different parts of the world, I am always reminded that we are all basically alike: we are all human beings. Maybe we have different clothes, our skin is of a different colour, or we speak different languages. That is on the surface. But basically, we are the same human beings.…