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Some of us need to discover that we will not begin to live more fully until we have the courage to do and see and taste and experience much less than usual ... And for a man who has let himself be drawn completely out of himself by his activity, nothing is more difficult than to sit still and rest, doing nothing at all. The very act of resting is the hardest and most courageous act he can perform. — Thomas Merton

Worry never helped anything, so why turn to it during times of need? It won't nurture or heal you - quite the opposite, actually. It's so much better to put the effort into something creative as a way to quietly meditate through positive action. Create, create, create! — Doreen Virtue

The fact is that anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days. If you can't make something out of a little experience, you probably won't be able to make it out of a lot. — Flannery O'Connor

The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique. — Isaac Bashevis Singer

There must be a saturation point and the progress may be a progression toward strangulation. — John Steinbeck

Let each one of us say, 'I am an American. I intend to stay an American. I will do my best to wipe from my heart hate, rancor and political prejudice. I will sustain my government. And, through good days or bad, I will try to serve my country.' — Stephen Vincent Benet

Loneliness feels like prison. — Nazim Hikmet

Great wits, like great beauties, look upon mere esteem as a flat insipid thing; nothing less than admiration will content them. — Jeremiah Seed