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"Our culture peculiarly honors the act of blaming, which it takes as the sign of virtue and intellect." - Lionel Trilling ...

“Maturity is the ability to think, speak and act your feelings within the bounds of dignity. The measure of your maturity is how spiritual you become during the midst of your frustrations.” - Samuel Ullman ...

"Learn from yesterday. Live today. Hope for tomorrow." ...

"Peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no trouble, noise, or hard work. It means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your heart." ...

"It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends" - J.K. Rowling ...

"The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out." - Voltaire ...

“Listen earnestly to anything your children want to tell you, no matter what. If you don't listen eagerly to the little stuff when they are little, they won't tell you the big stuff when they are big, because to them ...

"I once asked a Jesuit priest what was the best short prayer he knew. He said, 'Fuck it,' as in 'Fuck it; it’s in God’s hands.' " - Anthony Hopkins ...

"Change is the price of survival.” - Winston Churchill ...

"Was it only by dreaming or writing that I could find out what I thought?" - Joan Didion ...