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I thought, I'm only going to be on this planet once, and only for a short time. What can I do with my life that will lead to permanent benefits?

— John Templeton

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The four most expensive words in the English language are "this time it’s different."

The Four Pillars of Investing : Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio (2002)

The question is not is there a God, but is there anything else except God? God is everyone and each of us is a little bit.

High ethics and religious principles form the basis for success and happiness in every area of life.

We may find the Divine to be 3,000 times what we think it is now.

Let's worship Divinity, but understand the divinity we worship is beyond our comprehension.

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Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

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Reason is Life's sole arbiter, the magic Laby'rinth's single clue:
Worlds lie above, beyond its ken; what crosses it can ne'er be true.

Richard Francis Burton The Kasîdah of Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî (1870)

It is the law of life that if you are kind to someone you feel happy. If you are cruel you are unhappy. And if you hurt someone, you will be hurt back.

Cary Grant Love – That’s All Cary Grant Ever Thinks About (1964)

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