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"Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet."

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Love

"At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet."

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Love

"The madness of love the greatest of heaven’s blessings."

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Love

"Every heart sings a song incomplete until another heart whispers back."

- Plato

Love

"Love is born into every human being; it calls back the halves of our original nature together; it tries to make one out of two and heal the wound of human nature."

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Love

"Love is a grave mental disease."

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Love

"Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back."

- Plato

Love

"At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet."

- Plato

Love

"The madness of love, the greatest of heaven’s blessings."

- Plato

Love

"As wolves love lambs so lovers love their loves."

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Love

"Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods."

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Love

"Every heart sings a song, incomplete, Until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing Always find a song."

- Plato

Love

"He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition, you and age are equally a burden."

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Balance

"Kindness is more than deeds. It is an attitude, an expression, a look, a touch. It is anything that lifts another person."

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Compassion

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle."

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Compassion

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle."

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Compassion

"Be kind for everyone you meet is fighting a battle."

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Compassion

"Kindness is more than deeds. It is an attitude, a look, a touch. It is anything that lifts another person."

- Plato

Compassion

"Everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."

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Compassion

"We can easily forgive a kid afraid of the dark. The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light."

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Hope

"To be curious about that which is not one’s concern while still in ignorance of oneself is absurd."

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Self-awareness

"There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot."

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Self-awareness

"The measure of a man is what he does with power."

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Integrity

"“The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”"

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Courage

"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light."

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Courage

"We are twice armed if we fight with faith."

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Courage

"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light"

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Courage

""Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.""

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Inspiration

"The measure of a person is what they do with power."

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Inspiration

"Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others."

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Motivation

"Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything."

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Creativity

"Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind."

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Learning

"Do not…keep children to their studies by compulsion but by play."

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Learning

"He who is not a good servant will not be a good master."

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Leadership

"The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself."

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Leadership

"No wealth can ever make a bad man at peace with himself."

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Inner Peace

"The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."

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Responsibility

"No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education."

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Responsibility

"I too shall lie in the dust when I am dead, but now let me win some noble renown."

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Ambition

"You can discover more about a person in a hour of play than a year of conversation."

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Insight

"Attention to health is life's greatest hindrance."

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Health

"Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it."

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Health

"The greatest wealth is to live content with little."

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Contentment

"If you are happy and calm, you will hardly experience the pressure that comes with age."

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Contentment

"Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue."

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Education

"The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future."

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Education

"To sing well and to dance is to be well educated."

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Education

"Do not train children to learn by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each."

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Education

"Education in music is most sovereign because more than anything else, rhythm and harmony find their way to the innermost soul and take strongest hold upon it."

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Education

"Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each."

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Education

"If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things."

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Education

"The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life."

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Education

"Education and admonition commence in the first years of childhood, and last to the very end of life."

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Education

"Old age: A great sense of calm and freedom. When the passions have relaxed their hold, you have escaped not from one master but from many."

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Wisdom

"Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."

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Wisdom

"The beginning is the most important part of the work."

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New Beginnings

"Life begins at 30—the age of reason, maturity, and career aspirations."

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New Beginnings

"The beginning is the most important park of the work."

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New Beginnings

"A grateful mind is a great mind which eventually attracts great things."

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Gratitude

"A grateful mind is a great mind which eventually attracts to itself great things."

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Gratitude

"The first and best victory is to conquer self."

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Self-improvement

"For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories."

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Self-improvement

"Nothing beautiful without struggle."

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Perseverance

"Reality is created by the mind; we can change our reality by changing our mind."

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Mindfulness

"Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety."

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Philosophy

"The soul takes nothing with her to the next world but her education and her culture. At the beginning of the journey to the next world, one's education and culture can either provide the greatest assistance, or else act as the greatest burden, to the person who has just died."

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Philosophy

"Life must be lived as if it were a game."

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Philosophy

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything."

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Spirituality

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything."

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Spirituality

"A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers."

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Knowledge

"Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge."

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Knowledge

"Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance."

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Knowledge

"Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion and knowledge."

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Knowledge

"Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence."

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Morality