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Is there a quote/idea/notion you live by and if so what is it?

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Mea 7 Mar 17
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Level 5

From my Pagan days...An ye harm none, do as you will.

So mote it be.
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Level 7

"The world being a better place starts with me."

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Level 4

Everything changes.

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Level 8

One I try, but often fail to keep is the British royals motto: never complain; never explain.

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Level 8

I've put these here before, but I'll never pass up a chance to put them out there again. Both are attributed to Wm. Shakespeare:

"Expectation is the root of all heartache." And,
"There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so."

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Level 7

Men, can't live with them, can't shoot them.

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Level 5

Only the mediocre person is always at their best

miffy Level 5 Mar 18, 2018
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Level 8

Live to ride, ride to live. Live and treat others better than the religious nuts ever could. Peace.People.Planet.

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Level 5

A thousand mile journey starts with a single step...

Or entering an address into your GPS app...

Not all those who wander are lost.
and...
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; in fact, it is the only thing that ever has.
and...
All we need is love, love...love is all you need. ?
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Level 3

Tolerance!

Rasta Level 3 Mar 18, 2018
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Level 8

Live by the sword die by the sword, question everything.

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Level 4

Everything is temporary.

what goes up must come down
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Level 6

"And what is good, Phaedrus,
And what is not good --
Need we ask anyone to tell us these things?"

-- Zen & The Art of Motorcycle Maintenence

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Level 7

Be nice even if they don't deserve it. You do!

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Level 5

Always expect the worst, then you can only be pleasantly surprised.

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Level 5

"If we're going to be damned, let's be damned for what we really are." -Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek:TNG S1E1, Encounter at Farpoint

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Level 8

1.Observe independently
2. Judge critically
3. Take inventive risks
4. Do no harm

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Level 4

E cosi va. Italian for "And So It Goes." This was a phrase with which Kurt Vonnegut ended each chapter in Slaughterhouse Five.

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Level 8

A promise is a mortgage on your future

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Level 7

Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of the women.

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Level 4

You can tell the true character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing to him or for him. This is attributed to several people and has many variations.

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Level 6

You live a better sermon with your life than with your lips.

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Level 2

I think the Leonard Cohen quote 'there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in' sums it up for me

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Level 5

The Knights code, or code of Chivalry.

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Level 8

Shit Happens!

Coldo Level 8 Mar 18, 2018
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