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“When you choose your attitude toward life, you can affect reality by making it better for you”

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Paulo Coelho, born on August 24, 1947, is a renowned Brazilian author and lyricist. His works are characterized by profound philosophical thoughts and rich imagination, with his most famous novel being 'The Alchemist'. more

“Jack looked out the window as they passed the Mormon temple, just outside the beltway near Connecticut Avenue. A decidedly odd-looking building, it had grandeur with its marble columns and gilt spires. The beliefs represented by that impressive structure seemed curious to Ryan, a lifelong Catholic, but the people who held them were honest and hardworking, and fiercely loyal to their country, because they believed in what America stood for.”

People Country America Belief Honest Building Window Catholic Structure Curious Odd Temples Loyal Impressive Avenues Lifelong Columns Marble Grandeur Hardworking Connecticut Spires

Book:Clear and Present Danger

Source: Clear and Present Danger

“I understand why we do that now. It’s a help, not a threat. It’s something to remind you how important words are. Ideas are important. Principles are important. Words are important. Your word is the most important of all. Your word is who you are.”

Important Ideas Helping Principles Who You Are Threat Important Words

Book:Clear and Present Danger

Source: Clear and Present Danger

“A purely mental life may be destructive if it leads us to substitute thought for life and ideas for actions. The activity proper to man is purely mental because man is not just a disembodied mind. Our destiny is to live out what we think, because unless we live what we know, we do not even know it. It is only by making our knowledge part of ourselves, through action, that we enter into the reality that is signified by our concepts.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Men Mind May Ideas Reality Action Destiny Activity Concepts Destructive Substitutes Our Destiny

Book:Thoughts In Solitude

Source: Thoughts In Solitude

“What? You don't think he's cute?" "I didn't really notice." "How can you not notice when a guy is cute?" Melody stared at her in disbelief.”

Thinking Guy Cute Melody Disbelief

Book:Safe Haven

Source: Safe Haven

“This is the Speaker for the Dead? Judging someone by appearances?" "Maybe I've fallen in love with Grego." "You've always been a sucker for people who pee on you.”

People Judging Appearance Fallen Speakers Sucker

Book:Speaker for the Dead

Source: Speaker for the Dead

“The memories of the day played in his mind, but this time, his thoughts were of his daughter and the way she'd clung to Katie, her little face buried in Katie's neck. The last time he'd seen that, he reflected, was when Carly had been alive.”

Way Mind Littles Lasts Faces Memories Alive Daughter Necks Buried Last Time Katie

Author:Nicholas Sparks

“It would seem from this fact, that man is naturally a wild animal, and that when taken from the woods, he is never happy in his natural state, 'till he returns to them again.”

Men States Facts Seems Natural Animal Taken Return Woods Wild Animal

Book:A Memorial Containing Travels Through Life Or Sundry Incidents in the Life of Dr. Benjamin Rush, Born Dec. 24, 1745 (old Style) Died April 19, 1813

Source: A Memorial Containing Travels Through Life Or Sundry Incidents in the Life of Dr. Benjamin Rush, Born Dec. 24, 1745 (old Style) Died April 19, 1813

“I just tell people what they already know but are afraid to admit to themselves.”

People Knows Safe Haven

Book:Safe Haven

Source: Safe Haven

“Men respect the silent; they despise the garrulous. - Marius”

Men Silent Despise Marius

Author:Conn Iggulden

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