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Quote Feb 13, 12:34 PM

Kahlil Gibran on the Depths of Sorrow and Joy

The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven? And is not the lute that soothes your spirit the very wood that was hollowed with knives?

Quote Feb 8, 05:03 AM

Robert Frost on the Nature of Life's Persistence

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

Quote Feb 6, 02:55 AM

Walt Whitman on the Endless Journey of Self

Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)

Quote Jan 16, 04:30 PM

John Steinbeck on Human Nature

And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.

Quote Jan 16, 11:00 AM

On Human Solitude

We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and—in spite of True Romance magazines—we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way.

Quote Jan 16, 10:30 AM

The Weight of Simple Courage

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

Quote Jan 16, 10:00 AM

On the Masks We Wear

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

Quote Jan 15, 07:30 PM

Ernest Hemingway on Courage and Grace

Courage is grace under pressure.

Quote Jan 15, 03:30 PM

Emily Dickinson on Hope

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without the words, and never stops at all.

Quote Jan 15, 04:30 AM

George Orwell on Truth and Courage

In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

Quote Jan 15, 04:00 AM

Oscar Wilde on Being Yourself

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Quote Jan 15, 03:00 AM

On Living Authentically

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

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