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I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually. James Baldwin
Love World Insist Country Other Criticize Exactly Memorial Day More Perpetually Than America Any Any Other Country Reason Her Right
When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. Paulo Coelho
You Achieve Universe Conspires Something Want Helping
The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. Elie Wiesel
Love Love Is Hate Indifference Opposite
Culture makes people understand each other better. And if they understand each other better in their soul, it is easier to overcome the economic and political barriers. But first they have to understand that their neighbour is, in the end, just like them, with the same problems, the same questions. Paulo Coelho
Soul Culture People Better Overcome Political Problems First Other Easier Neighbour Economic Like Makes Understand Questions End Same Just In The End Them Barriers Each
I can control my destiny, but not my fate. Destiny means there are opportunities to turn right or left, but fate is a one-way street. I believe we all have the choice as to whether we fulfil our destiny, but our fate is sealed. Paulo Coelho
Fate Opportunities Control Believe Our Destiny One-Way One-Way Street Left Whether Turn Fulfil Choice Means Sealed Street Right
An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life - becoming a better person. Leo Tolstoy
Life Arrogance Better Arrogant Considers Perfect Better Person Main Himself Becoming Chief Person Task Interferes Harm
Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. Nathaniel Hawthorne
Inspirational Happiness You Will Sit Down Alight Pursued Beyond Always Quietly May Just Which Your Grasp Butterfly
Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another. Ernest Hemingway
Life Man Every Way Distinguish Details One-Man Only He Another How Same Died Ends Lived
Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worse kind of suffering. Paulo Coelho
Suffering Waiting Not Knowing Worse Kind Knowing Forgetting Which Painful
Life is so constructed, that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation. Charlotte Bronte
Life Will Expectation Constructed Match Does Cannot Event
There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth. Leo Tolstoy
Truth Simplicity Goodness Greatness Where
A pure hand needs no glove to cover it. Nathaniel Hawthorne
Needs Brainy Pure Glove Cover Hand
No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior. All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them. Elie Wiesel
Faith Collective Superior Religious Religious Faith Only Wrong Make Judgments Inferior Human Race Them Racists Human Race
A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories. Honore de Balzac
Happiness Future Memories Mother Past Guise Fond Fond Memories Beacon Lighting Like Also Mother's Day Up Reflected
To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee. Herman Melville
Heart Hate Breath Hell Spit Sake Thee Last
Find joy in everything you choose to do. Every job, relationship, home... it's your responsibility to love it, or change it. Chuck Palahniuk
Love Home Relationship You Change Joy Job Responsibility Every Everything Find To Love Your Choose
The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. H. P. Lovecraft
Fear Unknown Kind Strongest Emotion Mankind Oldest
Not all those who wander are lost. J. R. R. Tolkien
Lost Those Wander Who Relatable
The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again. Charles Dickens
Joy Nothing Pain Meeting Parting Again
Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness. George Sand
Kindness Yourself Regret Lose Guard Hesitation Give Know Well Within Without How Acquire Meanness Treasure
After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. Aldous Huxley
Music Silence Inexpressible After Which Expressing Nearest
A loving heart is the truest wisdom. Charles Dickens
Wisdom Heart Truest Loving
Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate. J. R. R. Tolkien
Wait Corner Secret Road New Still May Round Gate
I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship. Louisa May Alcott
Learning Sail How Ship Afraid Storms
If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads. Anatole France
Beautiful Path Beauty Leads Where Ask Us Let Us
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else. Charles Dickens
World Burden Else No-One Anyone Anyone Else Useless Who
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