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Poet Wisdom

Being hung up on the past is like looking over your shoulder and staring at your ass. You can’t see where you’re going, and no matter how long you stare at it, it’ll never be what it’s “cracked up” to … Continue reading

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Anonymous Wisdom

When life gives you 100 reason to CRY, show life that you have 1000 reason to SMILE. Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear. Keep the faith and drop the fear.

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Lebanese American artist, poet, and writer wisdom

I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers. – Kahlil Gibran

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Actor, Playwrite, Advocate Wisdom

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself. – Harvey Fierstein

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Playwrite wisdom

hatred bounces – e.e.cummings

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17th century Dutch philosophy

“Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.” ~ Spinoza

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Lexicographer Wisdom

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. – Samuel Johnson

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Activist Wisdom

I do not want the peace that passeth understanding; I want the understanding which bringeth peace. –  Helen Keller

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medievalist literary critic wisdom

Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward. – C. S. Lewis

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Gossip Columnist Wisdom

Hatred can be an acid that does more damage to the vessel in which it is stored, then to the object on which it is poured. – Ann Landers

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