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"This is the true joy in life - being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; being a force of
nature instead of a feverish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself
to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is
my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die - for the harder I work the more
I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got to
hold up for the moment and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations."
--- George Bernard Shaw's introduction to Man and Superman
"Our faith comes in moments... yet there is a depth in those brief moments which constrains us to ascribe more reality
to them than to all other experiences."
--- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Spread love everywhere you go;
First of all in your own house Give love to your children,
To your wife or husband, to a next neighbor...
Let no one ever come to without leaving better or happier.
Be the living expressions of God's kindness, kindness in your face,
Kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile,
Kindness in your warm greetings."
--- Mother Teresa
"How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose we know not, though
sometimes sense it. But we know from daily life that we exist for other people, first of all, for whose smiles and
well-being our own happiness depends."
--- Albert Einstein
"Don't work for my happiness, my brothers--show me yours--show me that it possible--show me your
achievement--and the knowledge will give me courage for mine."
--- Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
"My business is not to remake myself, but to make the absolute bestof what God made."
--- Robert Browning
"Do not give up on hope, for hope has not given up on you."
--- Anonymous
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