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From the first opening of our eyes, it is the light that attracts us. We clutch aimlessly with our baby fingers at the gossamer-motes in the sunbeam, and we die reaching out after an ineffable blending of earthly and heavenly beauty which we shall never fully comprehend. Lucy Larcom

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A friend is a beloved mystery; dearest always because he is not ourself, and has something in him which it is impossible for us to fathom. If it were not so, friendship would lose its chief zest. Lucy Larcom

It is not architectural achievement that makes the structures of earlier times seem to us so full of significance but the circumstance that antique temples, Roman basilicas, and even the cathedrals of the Middle Ages are not the works of single personalities but creations of entire epochs. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Achievement Single Circumstance Significance Temples Entire Seem Architectural Structures Cathedrals Makes Times Antique Roman Middle Middle Ages Personalities Us Ages Creations Full Works Even Earlier

We do not evaluate the result but the starting point of the creative process. Precisely, this shows whether the form was discovered by starting from life, or for its own sake. That is why I consider the creative process so essential. Life for us is the decisive factor. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the people of Palestine. We only aim to de-legitimize the settlement activities and the occupation and apartheid and the logic of ruthless force, and we believe that all the countries of the world stand with us in this regard. Mahmoud Abbas

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However great the exertion of our mind may be to comprehend the Divine Being or any of the ideals, we find a screen and partition between Him and ourselves. Thus the prophets frequently hint at the existence of a partition between God and us. Maimonides

God Great Mind Our Ourselves Find Comprehend Prophets Divine Thus Between Ideals Partition Him Frequently Exertion Hint However Existence Any May Screen Being Us

Nelson Mandela is physically separated from us, but his soul and spirit will never die. He belongs to the whole world because he is an icon of equality, freedom and love, the values we need all the time everywhere. Malala Yousafzai

Love Time Freedom Soul Equality World Will Values Everywhere Nelson Nelson Mandela Spirit Physically Never He Because His Die Mandela Icon Us Separated Whole Belongs Need

African-Americans are not a monolithic group. So, we tend to talk about the black community, the black culture, the African-American television viewing audience, but there are just as many facets of us as there are other cultures. Malcolm-Jamal Warner

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There is an important idea in psychology: The 'just world theory,' which says that it is very important for us to convince ourselves that the world is just and things happen for a reason. That there is some elemental fairness in everything, which creates the illusion of justice. Malcolm Gladwell

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The Honorable Elijah Muhammad teaches us that God, now, is about to establish a kingdom on this earth, based upon brotherhood and peace. And the white man is against brotherhood, and the white man is against peace. Malcolm X

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For us, driving is not what we are looking for, but being in the driver's seat of our only destiny. That means ending guardianship in Saudi Arabia, which means recognizing women as full citizens. Manal al-Sharif

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The threat to the planet is us. It's actually not a threat to the planet - it's a threat to us. Margaret Atwood

Threat Us Planet Actually

I believe that our very survival depends upon us becoming better systems thinkers. Margaret J. Wheatley

Survival Better Believe Our Systems Becoming Very Depends Us Thinkers

When we can lay down our fear and anger and choose responses other than aggression, we create the conditions for bringing out the best in us humans. Margaret J. Wheatley

Best Anger Fear Down Other Our Out Responses Lay Conditions Than Us Create Aggression Choose Bringing Humans

What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Beauty Visible Delights Invisible Us

Wit is the only wall between us and the dark. Mark Van Doren

Dark Only Between Wit Wall Us

What happens when we're willing to feel bad is that, sure enough, we often feel bad - but without the stress of futile avoidance. Emotional discomfort, when accepted, rises, crests, and falls in a series of waves. Each wave washes parts of us away and deposits treasures we never imagined. Martha Beck

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All mental hygiene is based on the core practice of doing nothing. Most of us are good at wasting time, staring at the wall while telling ourselves we should be working. We call this doing nothing, but our brains are furiously active. We think constantly, and our thinking is often rife with distress. Martha Beck

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