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“If you are too busy to love, you are too busy to live; if you are too busy to live, you are too busy to love.”

“What you think is a seed, what you say is the bud, and what you do is the fruit.”

“It is easier to pluck a flower than to nurture it; which is why some would prefer to destroy your talents than nurture them.”

“When you are in love, your eyes see him only, your ears hear him only, your mouth speaks of him only, your mind thinks of him only, your heart desires him only, your soul lives for him only, and your entire universe is about him only.”

“If a woman stands behind you, respect her; if she stands beside you, cherish her; if she stands with you, adore her.”

“It is in the roots, not the branches, that a tree’s greatest strength lies.”

“Your knowledge can stir the world, your intellect can move it, your wisdom can shake it, but only your love can truly change it.”

“Symphonies begin with one note; fires with one flame; gardens with one flower; and masterpieces with one stroke.”

“We are all artists; painting the world with our thoughts while coloring the universe with our deeds.”

“Think before you speak. Question before you judge. Examine before you decide.”

“Understanding is the bridge between two minds; love is the bridge between two souls.”

“Never set fire to a bridge while you are still crossing it.”

“While the whole world was asleep, the caterpillar was awake, working towards becoming a butterfly.”

“It is in vain to chase two birds at the same time, even if you have a thousand legs.”

“As the sun lives on when it sets in the warmth it has given to others, you too will live on in the hearts of those whose lives you have touched.”

“Thoughts are powerful; before you were born, you were one.”

“Fear is an assassin; if you let it in your life, it will kill your dreams.”

“The tallest trees sometimes grow from the smallest seeds.”

“If you have much, be generous; if you have little, be grateful; even if you have nothing, be hopeful.”

“You have little control over the world around you, but full control over the world within you.”

“If you have food on your table, clothes on your back, a roof on your head, and a dream in your heart, you have everything you need in life.”

“If you have money, you are affluent; if you have joy, you are wealthy; and if you have love, you are rich.”

“When perplexed, God appears to you in the form of wisdom; when troubled, in the form of peace; when sad, in the form of joy; when heartbroken, in the form of love.”

“One who thinks for himself is a threat to his enemies, a refuge to his acquaintances, a prize to his friends, and a gift to the world.”

“Those who laugh with you when you laugh are acquaintances, those who cry with you when you cry are companions, and those who do both are friends.”

“One good friend is better than a thousand acquaintances.”

“It is wise to buy acquaintances, but foolish to buy friends.”

“A kind stranger is better than an uncaring friend.”

“Learn from acquaintances, and you are clever; from friends, and you are intelligent; from enemies, and you are shrewd; but learn from all, and you are wise.”

“In poverty, friends are few; in prosperity, acquaintances are numerous; in affluence, associates are countless.”

“Thoughts can only hurt you with your permission, feelings can only wound you with your consent, experiences can only damage you with your authorization; life can only ruin you with your approval.”

“Love sets you free the moment it arrests you.”

“Take all men as your brothers; all women as your sisters; and all children as your sons and daughters.”

“Confuse them with your intelligence, baffle them with your excellence, bewilder them with your brilliance, and perplex them with your transcendence.”

“I prefer male enemies to female ones; I can survive a dog’s bite better than a scorpion’s sting.”

“There are many fish in the sea, but never let a good one swim away.”

“Get high on love, not drugs.”

“Books are a stairway to knowledge; experience is a highway to understanding; together they are an elevator to enlightenment.”

“Skill follows the rules, talent breaks the rules, mastery shatters the rules, but genius makes its own rules.”

“Whether your glass is half full or half empty, hope can fill it up.”