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“The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.”
Washington Irving
“The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him with his friendship.”
Contributed by: Maria Green
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.”
Maxim Gorky
“Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person.”
François de la Rochefoucauld
“Much more happiness is to be found in the world than gloomy eyes discover.”
“Is freedom of thought and speech to become a mortal sin again? Powerful personalities within the local Catholic Church have been warning politicians and voters that mortal sin will be imposed on them and they risk eternal damnation if they support the introduction of divorce in Malta.”
Evarist Bartolo
“Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves.”
Bill Hicks
“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
Dr. Seuss