In this world, all — men, women, and kings — must live for the present.

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"Know you not that you are my sun by day, and my star by night? By my faith! I was in deepest darkness till you appeared and illuminated all."

- Alexandre Dumas

Love

"There is neither happiness nor unhappiness in this world; there is merely the comparison of one state to the other. Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss."

- Alexandre Dumas

Awareness

"All human wisdom is summed up in these two words – ‘Wait and hope.’"

- Alexandre Dumas

Hope

"There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must have felt what it is to die, Morrel, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life."

- Alexandre Dumas

Hope

"Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget, that until the day God will deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is contained in these two words, 'Wait and Hope.'"

- Alexandre Dumas

Hope

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"As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives."

- Henry David Thoreau

Mindfulness

"Your body can stand almost anything. It’s your mind that you have to convince."

- Anon

Mindfulness

"You have to think it before you can do it. The mind is what makes it all possible."

- Kai Greene

Mindfulness

"Your mind is the key to your body’s strength."

- Unknown

Mindfulness

"Your limits are all in your mind."

- Unknown

Mindfulness