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“There are far, far
better things ahead
than any we leave
behind.”
—C.S. Lewis




“Stick with your purpose. Do
not seek external approval.
Do not worry about anything
outside of your control. The
only things you command are
your thoughts and actions. We
choose our response.”
—Epictetus




All men
are man
enough.




“The roots of
education are
bitter but the
fruit is sweet.”
—Aristotle




Beliefs are
just opinions
we develop
loyalty to.




“Our lives begin to
end the day we be-
come silent about
things that matter.”
—Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.




Don’t accept an
existence dominated
by crushed dreams
and rigidly enforced
normalcy.




“ T h e t w o m o s t
p o w e r f u l w a r r i o r s
a r e p a t i e n c e a n d
t i m e . ”
— L e o T o l s t o y




“Conformity is the
jailer of freedom
and the enemy of
growth.”
—John F. Kennedy




Worry,
anxiety, and
guilt have no
value.




“You cannot save
people, you can
only love them.”
—Anaïs Nin




End all
stigma




“In most of our human rela-
tionships, we spend much
of our time reassuring each
other that our costumes of
identity are on straight.”
—Ram Dass




Stopping is
the only way
to fail
permanently.




“I have found that all ugly things
are made by those who strive to
make something beautiful and
that all beautiful things are made
by those who strive to make
something useful.”
—Oscar Wilde




What can you
do today to be
kind to your
future self?




“ I f y o u r c o m p a s s i o n
d o e s n o t i n c l u d e
y o u r s e l f , i t i s
i n c o m p l e t e . ”
— B u d d h a




Control is
an illusion.




“Sometimes, people
don’t want to hear the
truth because they don’t
want their illusions
destroyed.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche




“To burn with desire
and keep quiet about
it is the greatest pun-
ishment we can bring
on ourselves.”
—Federico García Lorca




All
fires
start
small




“Nobody realizes that
some people expend
tremendous energy
merely to be normal.”
—Albert Camus




Do not mock
a pain you
haven’t
endured.




“You desire to know
the art of living? It is
contained in one phrase:
make use of suffering.”
—Henri-Frédéric Amiel




You are free to
choose, but you
aren’t free from
the consequences
of your choices.




“ T h e u n i v e r s e b u r i e s
s t r a n g e j e w e l s d e e p
w i t h i n u s a l l a n d t h e n
i t s t a n d s b a c k t o s e e
i f w e c a n f i n d t h e m . ”
— E l i z a b e t h G i l b e r t




“Weak people take
revenge, strong people
forgive, intelligent
people ignore.”
—Albert Einstein




“Whatever
you are, be a
good one.”
—Abraham Lincoln




“No one heals
themselves by
wounding
another.”
—St. Ambrose




“As threshing
separates the wheat
from the chaff, so
does affliction purify
virtue.”
—Christian Bovee




“Be a good person,
but don’t waste
your time trying to
prove it.”
—Paul Coelho




“You are not free
until you have no
need to impress
anyone.”
—Joyce Meyer




“Smooth seas
don’t produce
skillful sailors.”
—Lynn Austin




Nothing in nature
blooms all year,
so don’t expect
yourself to do so,
either.




“You are personally re-
sponsible for becoming
more ethical than the
societyyougrewupin.”
—Eliezer Yudkowsky




“Do not pray for an
easy life, pray for
the strength to en-
dureadifficultone.”
—Bruce Lee




“If it can be destroyed
by the truth, it deserves
to be destroyed by the
truth.”
—P.C. Hodgell




“Those who can
make you believe
absurdities can
make you commit
atrocities.”
—Voltaire




“The price of
anything is the
amount of life you
exchange for it.”
—Henry David Thoreau




“Feeling
uncomfortable is a
necessary part of
unlearning oppressive
behaviors.”
—Kailash Satyarthi




“In a society that
profits from your self-
doubt, liking yourself
is a rebellious act.”
—Caroline Caldwell