#365 Loafing

It is better to have loafed and lost than to have never loafed at all. ~ James Thurber

- Besides 'it's better to have loved and lost...' how much loafing do you do?
- Why is some loafing a good thing?
- How can you resolve for 2011 to create a healthy balance between work and play?

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#364 Making headway

To make headway, improve your head. ~ B. C. Forbes

- Where have you extended your learning curve?
- What new areas of inquiry could you undertake?
- How might this new learning improve and enrich your life?

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#363 Subdue appetites

Subdue your appetites and you've conquered human nature. ~ Charles Dickens

- Besides our appetite at the table, what other appetites afflict us?
- To what extent can these appetites distract and adversely affect our lives?
- How can you resolve to subdue these appetites for your own good and peace of mind?

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#362 Ruined by Praise

We would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism. ~ Norman Vincent Peale

- What praise have you received? How did you feel?
- What criticism? How did you feel?
- How can criticism have a silver lining?

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#361 Being yourself

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

- How has the world tried to shape you?
- How do you resist this shaping influence?
- Think about what makes you distinctive and individual. How can you be more confident in being yourself in your daily life?

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#360 Smile

Every time you smile at someone it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.
Mother Theresa

- When was the last time someone gave you a sincere smile?
- How ready are you with your smile for the people you meet?
- How can the smile enrich your life in a comprehensive way?

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
Thich Nhat Hanh

- What is the source of your smile which can bring you joy?
- How can you enrich this inner source of vitality in the coming new year?

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#359 Searching

I am searching for that which every man seeks - peace and rest. ~ Dante Alighieri

- How much is your life involved with searching?
- Where can you find peace?
- Where can you find rest?

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#358 The right time

Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. ~ Herodotus

- What do you wish would happen in your life?
- When have you felt discouraged that events didn't happen as you had hoped?
- What perspective is encouraged here about what life brings to us?

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#357 Start over

We have it in our power to begin the world over again. ~ Thomas Paine

- How realistic is Paine in his proclamation?
- How can we begin the process in the small spaces of our every day lives?
- What kind of vitality can you bring to your daily life?

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#356 Being discouraged

One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. ~ Lucille Ball

- Interesting that such a brilliant comedian experienced discouragement. When have you felt discouraged?
- How does one overcome discouragement to carry on?

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#355 Cheerfulness

Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of day-light in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity. ~ Joseph Addison

- How cheerful are you generally?
- How do you try to be cheerful amidst challenges in your life?
- How can this quote bring more serenity to your life?

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#354 The road of life

The road up and the road down are one and the same. ~Heraclitus, Greek philosopher

- Coming and going, waking and sleeping, working and resting, meeting challenges and conquering them, greeting and parting....How should we see life in all its diversity?
- What mind set will enable you to find steadiness and vitality in your daily life?

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#353 Humor

Humor is just another defense against the universe. ~Mel Brooks

- What weighs you down about the world, about your life?
- How can you strive to achieve a balance between seriousness and lightheartedness?
- Where do you find release?

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#352 Don't complain

Weep, but don't complain. ~ Dag Hammarskjold

- When have you grieved recently?
- How can weeping be a restorative?
- How can you resolve to complain less?

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#351 New every day

We are new every day. ~ Irene Claremont de Castillego

- What shadows of your past linger?
- How discouraged do you feel at times?
- How can this quote give you motivation to find new hope, meaning, and contentment with each new day?

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#350 Making up your mind

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. ~ Abraham Lincoln

- How much contentment permeates your life?
- What are the obstacles to finding satisfaction and peace?
- How can you make up your mind to feel more contented and happy with your life?

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#349 Inner radiance

Beauty is a radiance that originates from within and comes from inner security and strong character. ~ Jane Seymour

- How secure do you feel within?
- How strong is your character?
- What vulnerabilities, insecurities lurk?
- How can you build up your inner security and find more confidence in your potential?

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#348 Love first

I don't want to live- I want to love first and live incidentally. ~ Zelda Fitzgerald

- How much love is in your reservoir?
- To what extent is it difficult for you to show that love to people around you?
- How can you resolve to show more love?
- How can living a life of love add quality to your day?

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#347 The beautiful path

...The beautiful path is patient, always waiting for you to come back, that path that is so familiar to you, and so faithful. It knows you will come back one day, and it will welcome you back. The path will be as fresh and as beautiful as the first time. Love never says that this is the last time. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

- What is the beautiful path in your life?
- What causes you to stray from that path occasionally?
- How can you resolve to return to that path which lovingly awaits your return?

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#346 Desires

When all the desires that surge in the heart are renounced, the mortal becomes immortal. ~ The Upanishads

- What different desires are there? ....
- How difficult is it for you to release them from your heart?
- Why is absence of desires such an important goal?

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#345 Being Humane

The first condition of humaneness is a little humility and a little diffidence about the correctness of one's conduct and a little receptiveness. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

- How much humility is in your bones?
- How much diffidence (shyness)?
- How prone are you to judge others?
- How receptive are you to the potential of anyone you meet?

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#344 Knowing yourself

Ninety percent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. ~ Sydney J. Harris

- As we age, do we get to know ourselves better?
- What are your abilities?
- What are your frailties?
- What are your virtues?
- How can you use this knowledge to enhance the quality of your life?

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#343 The best persuasion

The most effective persuasion is a life well lived. ~ Anna Bjorklund

- Our actions speak louder than words or theories. To what extent do you live what you preach?
- How would you describe the quality of your life?
- What can you do to enrich the quality of your daily life?

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#342 One day at a time

Home wasn't built in a day. ~ Jane Ace

- How impatient are you in completing projects around the home?
- How do you feel about relations in your family?
- How can you resolve not to fret too much about both and focus on the quality of your daily life?

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#341 Obstacles as guides

The obstacle is the path. ~ Zen proverb

- To what extent do you like to stretch yourself into new areas of learning and discovery?
- What growth have you experienced recently through the challenges of your day?
- What questions do you have at the moment which may help to direct your path?

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#340 Friendship as an art

Friendship is an art, and very few persons are born with a natural gift for it. ~ Kahleen Norris

- What are the challenges in building close friendships?
- What are the qualities and nuances of being a good friend?
- How can you resolve to enrich several of your relationships?

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#339 Small deeds done

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned. ~ Peter Marshall

- How often are you thinking/dreaming about doing great things?
- To what extent do you like to focus on the tasks at hand and doing them well?
- How can you resolve to enrich your daily life?

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#338 Acting Foolishly

It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishly. ~ Anatole France

- This site espouses a lot of wisdom with the quotes. (It's easier said than done.) How prone are you to say, think one thing and do the other?
- What foolish things have you done even when you knew better?
- How can you resolve to practice more than preach?

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#337 Worry

Worry is like a rocking chair; it will give you something to do, but it won't get you anywhere. ~Anonymous

- How much are you prone to worry?
- What steps can you take to reduce worry?
- What is more productive than worry?

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#336 Anger

He who angers you conquers you. ~ Elizabeth Kenny

- How easily angered are you?
- How can you resolve to control your anger more?
- What can take the place of anger to put you more in control and more at peace?

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#335 Doing without

How many things I can do without! ~ Socrates

-How does this quote contrast with dominant social values?
-To what extent do you pamper yourself and buy extravagant or peripheral items?
- How can you resolve to live with less? Think about several specific ways.
- How might more simplicity and minimalism enrich your life?

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#334 Hard with yourself

The most intelligent men, like the strongest, find their happiness where others would find only disaster: in the labyrinth, in being hard with themselves and with others, in effort; their delight is in self-mastery; in them asceticism becomes second nature, a necessity, an instinct. ~Friedrich Nietzche

- In what sense is life a labyrinth?
- How hard are you on yourself in your pursuits?
- How can you resolve to be more focused and rigorous?

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#333 True Success

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson

- How are you proceeding on the road of life?
- What makes your daily road trip a rewarding pursuit?
- In what labours do you hope to find success?

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#332 Trials

The secret of happiness is not discovered in the absence of trials, but in the midst of them. ~ Ted Nace

- What trials do you currently face?
- How can you turn a challenge into something energizing and rewarding?
- Think about some happiness you hope to gain this week?

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#331 Home

Without leaving my house, I know the whole universe. ~ Lao-Tsu

- How content are you within your own home and community?
- What truths can you see there which you may be missing?
- How can you cultivate more contentment in your daily life?

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#330 Seeing the world

We must learn to see the world anew. ~ Albert Einstein

- How youthful are your perspectives?
- How can you cultivate and enrich these perspectives?
- Think about several times when you experienced the thrill of being alive.

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#329 At our core

I think we all have a core that's ecstatic, that knows and that looks up in wonder. We all know that there are marvelous moments of eternity that just happen. We know them. ~ Coleman Barks

- To what extent do you have joy at your core?
- How much wonder do you experience in your life?
- How can you cultivate more joy and wonder in your life?

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#328 Up to You

I am my own heaven and hell. ~ J.C.F. von Schiller

- When have you made for yourself a heaven?
- When have you made for yourself a hell?
- To what extent can you banish hell from your life?
- What are the steps needed to cultivate a heaven?

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#327 Change lies within

I've never met a person, I don't care what his condition, in whom I could not see possibilities. I don't care how much a man may consider himself a failure, I believe in him, for he can change the thing that is wrong in his life anytime he is prepared and ready to do it. Whenever he develops the desire, he can take away from his life the thing that is defeating it. The capacity for reformation and change lies within. ~ Preston Bradley

- To what extent do you see the worth or potential in every person you meet?
- How can you help to encourage and motivate someone to be his/her best?
- How can this quote help you to change and grow?

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#326 Bet on yourself

The best bet is to bet on yourself. ~ Arnold Glasow

- Where have you placed some good bets,... and some bad bets?
- Why is it a good idea to focus on yourself and try to cultivate your full potential?
- Think about one specific bet you can place on yourself and win!

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#325 Wisdom

An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while the pessimist sees only the red stoplight. The truly wise person is colorblind. ~ Albert Schweitzer

- Are you more an optimist or a pessimist?
- To what extent do you get excited or disappointed by the green and red lights in your life?
- How can one cultivate and enrich colorblindness in life?

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#324 Stumbling

I left the room with silent dignity, but caught my foot in the mat. ~ George Grossmith, English comedian

- How much do you try to look good in front of others?
- How's your sense of humour and being able to laugh at yourself?
- How should we live out our lives in association with others?

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#323 Fears

There is no such thing as bravery- only degrees of fear. ~ John Wainwright

- What are the different sources of fear in your life?
- How fearful are you in confronting some of your challenges?
- How can you resolve to continue to be 'brave?'

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#322 Keep Rowing

Everyone must row with the oars he has. ~ Dutch proverb

- How is your rowing going lately?
- Do you have good oars?
- Why is it desirable not to compare our rowing with others?

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#321 Complaints are a Bore

Much in life cannot be affected...but must be borne...without complaint, because complaints are a bore...and undermine the serenity essential to endurance. ~ Dean Acheson

- What aspects of life cannot be affected or changed?
- How much do you complain?
- How can you cultivate more serenity in your life which leads to endurance?

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#320 Pain, Thought, Wisdom

Pain makes man think. Thought makes man wise. Wisdom makes life endurable. ~ John Patrick

- What kind of pain is most difficult?
- What's the difference between thought and wisdom?
- Where have you find wisdom and how has it provided you with hope and courage?

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#319 Ease one's pain

If I can stop one heart from breaking, If I can ease one pain, then my life will not have been in vain. ~ Emily Dickinson

- When have you helped someone in emotional distress?
- Why is this quote difficult to follow for some?
- How can you resolve to be a little more of a care giver?

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#318 Talk

Don't talk unless you can improve the silence. ~ Jorge Luis Borges

- Communication is a good thing. How can some talk be considered negative?
- When have you been enriched by silence?
- What direction does this quote provide about conversation?

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#317 Success

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. ~ Henry David Thoreau

- What occupies much of your time?
- What different kinds of success may Thoreau be suggesting?
- Is the quote still applicable for people in 'retirement?'

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#316 Mistakes

Mistakes are the portals for discovery. ~ James Joyce

- No one likes to think about mistakes. How painful have some been for you?
- To what extent have some mistakes disillusioned you?
- What growth or discoveries have you made over the years from failure?

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#315 Doing your best

Doing your best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment. ~ Oprah Winfrey

- Where in your life are you doing your best?
- To what extent have you experienced satisfaction and success in this pursuit?
- How do you overcome frustration to carry on?

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#314 Sense of wonder

If you enjoy living, it is not difficult to keep the sense of wonder. ~ Ray Bradbury

- How much do you enjoy living?
- What's, possibly, holding you back?
- Where have you experienced a sense of wonder recently?
- How can you cultivate more of this sense?

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#313 Boiling point

We boil at different degrees. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

- What is your boiling point?
- How much heat, pressure, difficulty can you withstand?
- How can you resolve to be more calm and tolerant with everything that is going on in your life?

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#312 Are you sunshine?

Some people are so much sunshine to the square inch. ~ Walt Whitman

- How much sunshine do you spread?
- Think of a particularly cheerful person whom you know. How does he/she do it?
- How can you resolve to cheer up some person's life today?

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#311 The child

The most important question in the world is, "Why is the child crying?" ~ Alice Walker

- What children of your own or others have you heard cry?
- How good are you in responding to the needs of children?
- Why, according to Walker, is this the most important question of life?

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#310 What we give up

It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich. ~ Henry Ward Beecher

- There is a paradox in this quote. How can giving something up make one rich?
- When did you decide not to buy an extravagant item which freed up your finances?
- What else could you give up (other than material items) which could provide liberation?

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#309 Kind Relief

Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, and not seek kind relief? ~ William Blake

- Where have you see human hurt?
- How have you responded in the past?
- What small step can you take to enrich your involvement?

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#308 Nature's Renewal

To cherish was remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival. ~ Wendall Berry

-How much has the earth changed in the last two hundred years?
-Where have you enjoyed nature's splendour?
-What small steps can you take to help to foster its renewal?

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#307 Life

Life isn't all beer and skittles. ~ Thomas Hughes

- Do beer and skittles work for you? What are yours?
- To what extent do you bring play and frivolity into your life?
- How do you try to seek a balance between work and leisure?

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#306 Happiness

Happiness is a conscious choice. ~ Mildred Barthel

- To what extent has the media and our modern day perspectives affected our pursuit of happiness?
- How does one allow happiness to happen?
- How does one fit happiness in the grand scheme of life?

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#305 Joy

What did you think, that joy was some slight thing? ~ Mark Doty

- What several joys have you experienced recently?
- To what extent did you cherish and nurture those joys?
- How does joy fit into the grand scheme of life?

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#304 Facial Charm

I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that. ~ Lauren Bacall

- What do your facial features reveal about your life?
- Do we need to show a perpetual smile or what are the options?
- OK, it's time to feel proud. What about your life is wonderful?

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#303 End of your rope

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

- When have you felt recently that you are at the end of your rope?
- How can, do you maintain resolve to carry on?
- What are the tiny silver linings in your life which provide that glimmer of hope?

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#302 Existence and Opportunity

You are born with two things: existence and opportunity, and these are the raw materials out of which you can make a successful life. ~ Charles Templeton

- How do you cultivate and enrich your existence?
- What are several of your strengths and interests?
- How can you use these gifts to take advantage of opportunities which come along?

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#301 Fairness

Be fair with others, but keep after them until they're fair with you. ~ Alan Alda

- How much does your own self interest interfere with your fairness to others?
- Exactly what does it mean to be fair?
- How do you get people to be fair with you?

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#300 Are you a hero?

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story. ~ John Barth

- How are you progressing with your life story?
- How can (do) you overcome the many challenges surrounding your life?
- What are the distinguishing qualities of you as hero?

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#299 Finding Contentment

Better the cottage where one is merry than the palace where one weeps. ~ Chinese proverb

- How can too much wealth bring unhappiness?
- How difficult is it for you to simplify your life with fewer expectations?
- When have you felt release and contentment?

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#298 A Fighter

They underestimated me, because I am a fighter and not a quitter. ~ Peter Mandelson

- Are you more a fighter or a quitter?
- How does one build a resolve to be a fighter?
- What is the difference between a bad fighter and a good fighter?

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#297 Discontent

Discontent is want of self-reliance; it is infirmity of will. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

- How often are you plagued with discontent?
- What do you fret over?
- How can you become more self-reliant with purpose and will?

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#296 Failure

Our business in this world is not to succeed, but to continue to fail, in good spirits. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson

- How does this quote surprise you?
- Part of life seems to be acceptance of what comes, both good and bad. How good are you with acceptance?
- The quote also implies that we continue to strive and confront challenges even though we might fail. Where can you show some daring?

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#295 Sorrow

It is wrong to sorrow without ceasing. ~ Homer

- Reflect on several major times of sorrow.
- How quickly did you want to carry on with your life?
- How does one best deal with grief?

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#294 Optimism vs. Pessimism

In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you wake in the morning. ~ Carl Sandburg

- Are you more an optimistic or pessimistic person?
- Where lies reason to be optimistic in the morning?
- What about life provides you with some pessimism?
- How does one cultivate an optimistic life?

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#293 Striving

It is better to wear out than to rust out. ~ Richard Cumberland

- In what area(s) are you using your talents well?
- Where do you think you could extend yourself more?
- How can you motivate someone around you to 'bump it up a couple of notches?'

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#292 Suffering

If suffer we must, let's suffer on the heights. ~ Victor Hugo

- How much have you suffered?
- What does Hugo mean by suffering "on the heights?"
- Why is exalted suffering a good thing?

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#291 Fortune

Fortune takes nothing away but what she also gave. ~ Roman proverb

- To what extent do you believe in good luck and fortune?
- Why might it be more desirable not to think too much about fortune?
- In the end what should you count on? What is important?

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#290 Inexpressible

In truth, all things are inexpressible, empty, calm, and pure. ~ Nagarjuna

- How often do you want to express what you think is true?
- Think about truth as inexpressible where there is calmness and purity.
- What is the nature of truth?

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#289 Know your nature

A person who knows his own nature will know heaven. ~ Mencius

- How well do you know yourself?
- How can truly knowing yourself make you more content about life?
- Identify several specific qualities about yourself which are important to cultivate.

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#288 Going beyond

To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short. ~ Confucius

- Does this quote counter prevailing opinion of doing more than what is expected?
- How often do you fall short?
- How can you achieve a proper balance in all your efforts?

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#287 Being human

There will come a day for each of us, more or less sad, more or less distant, when we must accept the condition of being human. ~ Jean Anouilh

- What are we reluctant to accept about being human?
- What are the criterion of being human?
- How might this acceptance be an enrichment for our lives?

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#286 Hard times

Can anybody remember when times were not hard, and money was not scarce? ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

- What do you consider hard about your life?
- How challenged are you with your finances?
- What is Emerson suggesting here about the human condition?

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#285 Winning

It is best to win without fighting. ~ Sun Tzu

- How can one avoid the fight?
- What are the conditions necessary to win?
- How can you win more in your associations without the fight?

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#284 Happiness

Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous. ~ Thucydides

- How free are you?
- What conditions may restrict you?
- How can a little courage enable you to enjoy more freedom?
- Do you fully agree with the quotation?

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#283 Complexity

I prefer complexity to certainty, cheerful mysteries to sullen facts. ~ Claude T. Bissell

- Why is complexity more desirable than certainty?
- Cheerful mysteries to sullen facts?
- How can you strive to cultivate more complexity and mystery to your life?

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#282 Life's tragedies

In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. ~ Oscar Wilde

- What are several things you desperately want but have not received?
- Think about several things you really wanted and then received.
- Why is acquiring something you wished for a tragedy?
- How does one lessen tragedy in one's life?

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#281 Money

Money doesn't talk, it swears. ~ Bob Dylan

- How can one see money as a dirty word?
- How has money twisted and distorted the beauty of life?
- What can you do to devalue the importance of money in your life?

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