There are two kinds of worries - those you can do something about and those you can't. Don't spend any time on the latter.
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There are two kinds of worries - those you can do something about and those you can't. Don't spend any time on the latter.
The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.
In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
Desire is a teacher: When we immerse ourselves in it without guilt, shame, or clinging, it can show us something special about our own minds that allows us to embrace life fully.
Start wide, expand further, and never look back.
The thing about black history is that the truth is so much more complex than anything you could make up.
Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.
I do not pray for a lighter load, but for a stronger back.
As for myself, I always willingly acknowledge my own self as the principal cause of every good and of every evil which may befall me; therefore, I have always found myself capable of being my own pupil, and ready to love my teacher.
Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.
Men live by intervals of reason under the sovereignty of humor and passion.
Simply let experience take place very freely, so that your open heart is suffused with the tenderness of true compassion.
Faith makes all things possible... love makes all things easy.
The best things in life aren't things.
Real freedom lies in wildness, not in civilization.
Be Charitable before wealth make thee covetous, and loose not the glory of the Mite.
History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always feels uncomfortable.
But if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure, then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love's threshing-floor, into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears.
We laugh a lot. That's for sure. Sure beats the alternative, doesn't it?
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.
Every single day I wake up and commit to myself to becoming a better player.
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