Children have neither past nor future; they enjoy the present, which very few of us do.

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"Out of difficulties grow miracles."

- Jean de La Bruyère

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"There is no better excess in the world than the excess of gratitude."

- Jean de La Bruyère

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"Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment."

- Jean de La Bruyère

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"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."

- Epictetus

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"Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there someday."

- A. A. Milne

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"Small is not just a stepping stone. Small is a great destination itself."

- Jason Fried

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"The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing."

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"As for you, you will join your ancestors in peace and be buried after a good long life."

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