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To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

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Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you.

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Holding on to things only breaks your heart.

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Life is way too short to spend another day at war with yourself.

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The quieter you become the more you can hear.

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By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try …. the world is beyond winning.

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Each of us inhabits a world fully known only to ourselves.

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Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on.

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If you love yourself, you love others. If you hate yourself, you hate others. Because in relationship with others … the other is nothing but a mirror.

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Kindness should be the natural way of life, not the exception.

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Don’t do something permanently stupid just because you’re temporarily upset.

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Maybe some people just aren’t meant to be in our lives forever. Maybe some people are just passing through. It’s like some people just come through our lives to bring us something: a gift, a blessing, a lesson we need to learn. And that’s why they’re here. You’ll have that gift forever

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We are very good at preparing to live, but not very good at living. We know how to sacrifice ten years for a diploma, and we are willing to work very hard to get a job, a car, a house, and so on. But we have difficulty remembering that we are alive in the present moment, the only moment there is for us to be alive.

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The worst lies are the lies we tell ourselves.

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Closing your eyes isn’t going to change anything. Nothing’s going to disappear just because you can’t see what’s going on. In fact, things will even be worse the next time you open your eyes. That’s the kind of world we live in. Keep your eyes wide open. Only a coward closes his eyes.