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Quote by George MacDonald
To have what we want is riches but to be able to do without is pow

To have what we want is riches but to be able to do without is power. – George MacDonald

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If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give. – George MacDonald

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Man finds it hard to get what he wants, because he does not want the best God finds it hard to give, because He would give the best, and man will not take it. – George MacDonald

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There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with. – Marcus Aurelius

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I am opposed to the accumulation of executive power anywhere. – Noam Chomsky

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power

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. – George Orwell

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Whenever we seek to avoid the responsibility for our own behavior, we do so by attempting to give that responsibility to some other individual or organization or entity. But this means we then give away our power to that entity. – M. Scott Peck

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Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice it whitens only the hair. – Ira Gershwin

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To those who complain of the complexity of modern life, he [Henry David Thoreau] might reply, “If you want inner peace find it in solitude, not speed, and if you would find yourself, look to the land from which you came and to which you go.” – Stewart Udall, The Quiet Crisis, 1963

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Most people compliment me on maintaining my femininity while Im on the court. People like the fact that I model. My fans or little girls always say they want to play sports, but also want to be a model like me and I think thats great. – Lisa Leslie

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Dialogue and education for peace can help free our hearts from the impulse toward intolerance and the rejection of others. – Daisaku Ikeda

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