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"Saruman believes it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. I found it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love. Why Bilbo Baggins? I don't know. Perhaps because I am afraid, and he gives me courage." - Gandalf, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

"No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it."

or (another version):

"The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them." - Albert Einstein

"Simplicity is the utmost sophistication." - Leonardo da Vinci, I think?? Why do I always think it was Steve Jobs?

"Don't worry about what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive." - Howard Thurman?

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." - Nelson Mandela

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything." - Plato

"In order to have faith in one's own path, one does not need to prove that someone else's path is wrong." - Paulo Coelho

"We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started, and know the place for the first time." - T.S. Elliot

"My dear, in the midst of hate, I found there was, within me, an invincible love. In the midst of tears, I found there was, within me, an invincible smile. In the midst of chaos, I found there was, within me, an invincible calm. I realized, through it all, that... In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there's something stronger - something better, pushing right back." - Falsely yours, Albert Camus

"We must mend what has been torn apart, make justice imaginable again in a world so obviously unjust, give happiness a meaning once more. Naturally, it is a superhuman task. But superhuman is the term for tasks that take a long time to accomplish, that’s all." - Albert Camus

"Science is God's art" - Beichen Chen

"If those whom we begin to love could know us as we were before meeting them... they could perceive what they have made of us."

"När du har bearbetat dem, så kanske dina trauman bara blir ditt livs bästa minnen"

"The first element of true love is loving kindness. The essence of loving kindness is being able to offer happiness. You can be the sunshine for another person. You can't offer happiness until you have it for yourself. So build a home inside by accepting yourself and learning to love and heal yourself. Learn how to practice mindfulness in such a way that you can create moments of happiness and joy for your own nourishment. Then you have something to offer the other person." - Thich Nhat Hanh