The world of men is dreaming, it has gone mad in its sleep, and a snake is strangling it, but it can't wake up.

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"Beauty is an experience, nothing else. It is not a fixed pattern or an arrangement of features. It is something felt, a glow, or a communicated sense of fineness."

- D. H. Lawrence

Awareness

"You’ve got to know yourself so you can at last be yourself."

- D. H. Lawrence

Self-awareness

"The only history is a mere question of one’s struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander, to do."

- D. H. Lawrence

Personal Growth

"The great virtue in life is real courage that knows how to face facts and live beyond them."

- D. H. Lawrence

Courage

"I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself."

- D. H. Lawrence

Resilience

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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."

Reflection