Favourite quotes

Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice neither one is safe.

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Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is better to travel well than to arrive.

- The Buddha

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama

"In violence we forget who we are." [Mary McCarthy]

No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings.

- William Blake

Be gentle first with yourself - if you wish to be gentle with others.

- Lama Yeshe

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence

is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.

- Carl Jung

Don't hurry. Don't worry.

You're only here for a short visit.

So don't forget to stop and smell the roses.

- Walter Hagen

If only the people who worry about their liabilities

would think about the riches they do possess,

they would stop worrying.

- Dale Carnegie

Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen.

Keep in the sunlight.

- Benjamin Franklin

"The bicycle is a curious vehicle. Its passenger is its engine." [John Howard]

If you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right, you'll probably never do much of anything.

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"A man hasn't got a corner on virtue just because his shoes are shined." [Anne Petry]

As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence actually liberates others.

- Marianne Williamson

If you do not raise your eyes you will think you are the highest point.

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