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“When a great ship is in harbor and moored, it is safe, there can be no doubt. But that is not what great ships are built for.”

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Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Clarissa Pinkola Estes is an American poet born on January 27, 1945. Her works are characterized by a unique feminine perspective and rich mythological stories, which have won the favor of readers. more

“Let me tell you how at one time the famous mathematician Euclid became a physician. It was during a vacation, which I spent in Prague as I most always did, when I was attacked by an illness never before experienced, which manifested itself in chilliness and painful weariness of the whole body. In order to ease my condition I took up Euclid's Elements and read for the first time his doctrine of ratio, which I found treated there in a manner entirely new to me. The ingenuity displayed in Euclid's presentation filled me with such vivid pleasure, that forthwith I felt as well as ever.”

“The doctor knows that it is the prescription slip itself, even more than what is written on it, that is often the vital ingredient for enabling a patient to get rid of whatever is ailing him.”

Knows Written Doctors Patient Recovery Ingredients Slips Prescriptions Enabling

Book:Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient: Reflections on Healing and Regeneration

Source: Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient: Reflections on Healing and Regeneration

“Information is not synonymous with knowledge. Information is only data, parts of the whole. Knowledge has a moral imperative to enhance intellectual and spiritual unity.”

Whole Spiritual Moral Information Intellectual Unity Recovery Data Imperatives Backup Spiritual Unity

Author:Ruth Nanda Anshen

“When we have all data online it will be great for humanity. It is a prerequisite to solving many problems that humankind faces.”

Problem Faces Humanity Recovery Data Online Humankind Prerequisites Backup

Author:Robert Cailliau

“Frost is but slender weeks away, Tonight the sunset glow will stay, Swing to the north and burn up higher And Northern Lights wall earth with fire. Nothing is lost yet, nothing broken, And yet the cold blue word is spoken: Say goodbye to the sun. The days of love and leaves are done.”

Done Light Earth Science Lost Sun Fire Week Broken Wall Cold Higher Blue Goodbye Sunset Tonight Swings Saying Goodbye Frost Slender Northern Lights

Author:Robert P. T. Coffin

“A person with half volition goes backwards and forwards, but makes no progress on even the smoothest of roads.”

Persons Half Progress Commitment Backwards Volition No Commitment

Author:Thomas Carlyle

“You are my sunshine my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are grey. You'll never know dear how much I love you. Please don't take my sunshine away.”

Knows Sky Love You Please Smile Dear Sunshine Grey Make Me Happy You Make Me Happy Happy Sunshine My Sunshine How Much I Love You

Author:Jimmie Davis

“Don't live to be unhappy, live to be happy. If you live to be happy you'll find the things that make you happy. And as you do that you find that sharing with others makes you much happier than taking from them.”

Ifs Happiness Unhappy Make You Happy

Author:Goswami Kriyananda

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