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“As human beings we all want to be happy and free from misery… we have learned that the key to happiness is inner peace. The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as anger, attachment, fear and suspicion, while love and compassion and a sense of universal responsibility are the sources of peace and happiness.”
Dalai Lama
“The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.”
Voltaire
“Human action can be modified to some extent, but human nature cannot be changed.”
Abraham Lincoln
“We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.”
“We are all alike on the inside”
Mark Twain
“There are quantities of human faces, but there are many more faces, for each person has several.”
Rainer Maria Rilke
“The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude.”
William James
“All great things must first wear terrifying and monstrous masks in order to inscribe themselves on the hearts of humanity.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined ... to strengthen each other ... to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.”
George Eliot
“It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been able to find its way.”
Oscar Wilde