To know the pains

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

~ Charles Caleb Colton

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Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.

~ The Dhammapada

Tomorrow is now.

~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Justice requires that to lawfully constituted Authority there be given that respect and obedience which is its due that the laws which are made shall be in wise conformity with the common good and that, as a matter of conscience all men shall render obedience to these laws.

~ Pope Pius XI

I’d rather attempt to do great things and blow it, than succeed at meaningless things and just get by.

~ Unknown

Love is often nothing but a favorable exchange between two people who get the most of what they can expect, considering their value on the personality market.

~ Erich Fromm

If we insist that public life be reserved for those whose personal history is pristine, we are not going to get paragons of virtue running our affairs. We will get the very rich, who contract out the messy things in life the very dull, who have nothing to hide and nothing to show and the very devious, expert at covering their tracks and ambitious enough to risk their discovery.

~ Charles Krauthammer

The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they’re alive.

~ Orlando A. Battista

A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry But were we burdened with like weight of pain, As much or more we should ourselves complain.

~ William Shakespeare

I learned about the strength you can get from a close family life. I learned to keep going, even in bad times. I learned not to despair, even when my world was falling apart. I learned that there are no free lunches. And I learned the value of hard work.

~ Lee Iacocca

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