Those who can’t find anything to live for, always invent something to die for. Then they want the rest of us to die for it too.
~ Lew Welch
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Inspirational Quotes book (reviewed)
Belief
Some things have to be believed to be seen.
~ Ralph Hodgson
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Accumulated
The dead outnumber the living 14 to 1, and we ignore the accumulated experience of such a huge majority of mankind at our peril.
~ Niall Ferguson
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Unnecessary
Humans don’t mind hardship, in fact they thrive on it; what they mind is not feeling necessary. Modern society has perfected the art of making people not feel necessary.
~ Sebastian Junger
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Reading
The man who doesn’t read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t read them.
~ Mark Twain
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Commitment
Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt, but in spite of it.
~ Rollo May
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