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Johnsons are rare; yet, Boswells are perhaps still rarer. - Thomas

Johnsons are rare; yet, Boswells are perhaps still rarer. – Thomas Carlyle

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There is but one temple in this Universe: The Body. We speak to God whenever we lay our hands upon it. – Thomas Carlyle

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Body
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Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere. – Thomas Carlyle

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Perfection
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Thomas Carlyle
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Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and rings the whole day through, and you make of it a dance, a dirge, or a life march, as you will. – Thomas Carlyle

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Music
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I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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All the suns labor to kindle your flame and a microbe puts it out. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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Perspective

All religions issue bibles against him, and say most injurious things about him, but we never hear his side. – Mark Twain, about the Devil

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Perspective

A senseless tragedy remains forever tragic, but it is up to us whether it remains forever senseless. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Perspective

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I approached everything, my job, my family, my romances, with intensity. – Gene Tierney

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Family

The concept of total wellness recognizes that our every thought, word, and behavior affects our greater health and well-being. And we, in turn, are affected not only emotionally but also physically and spiritually. – Greg Anderson

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Health

Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom… The power to choose, to respond, to change. – Stephen Covey

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Change

You cannot spend your way out of recession or borrow your way out of debt. – Daniel Hannan

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Politics