In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.

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"Living an experience, a particular fate, is accepting it fully."

- Albert Camus

Awareness

"Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal."

- Albert Camus

Awareness

"Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is."

- Albert Camus

Awareness

"In the depths of midwinter I finally learned there was an invisible summer."

- Albert Camus

Hope

"In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was an invincible summer."

- Albert Camus

Hope

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"Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today."

- Will Rogers

Reflection

"Life is like a sewer … what you get out of it depends on what you put into it."

- Tom Lehrer

Reflection

"I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done."

- Lucille Ball

Reflection

"Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know."

- Pema Chodron

Reflection

"Happy Tuesday! It is a good day to reflect on the week so far and spread happiness."

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