If a man does not think much of a thing, he is neither very joyful at obtaining it, nor very grieved at losing it. Wherefore, since the magnanimous man does not think much of external goods, that is goods of fortune, he is neither much uplifted by them if he has them, nor much cast down by their loss…
Thomas Aquinas
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He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide disputes for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore… Isaiah 2:4
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One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don’t know how to do, to keep learning. Ruth Reichl
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Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money… Voltaire
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The heart wants what it wants. What it wants is blood… Welcome To Nightvale
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I haven’t the slightest idea how to change people, but I still keep a long list of prospective candidates just in case I should ever figure it out… David Sedaris
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