The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.

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"Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children."

- William Makepeace Thackeray

Love

"When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise."

- William Makepeace Thackeray

Love

"To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose is the next best."

- William Makepeace Thackeray

Love

"Never lose a chance of saying a kind word."

- William Makepeace Thackeray

Compassion

"That I may reach that happy time The kindly gods I pray, For are not ducks and pease in prime Upon the last of May?"

- William Makepeace Thackeray

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."

Reflection