Ways of thinking

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"That which we persist in doing becomes easier, not that the task itself has become easier, but that our ability to perform it has improved."
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

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"Energy and persistence conquer all things."
Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)

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"May I be a protector to those without protection,
A leader for those who journey,
And a boat, a bridge, a passage
For those desiring the further shore.

May the pain of every living creature
Be completely cleared away.
May I be the doctor and the medicine
And may I be the nurse
For all sick beings in the world
Until everyone is healed.

Just like space
And the great elements such as earth,
May I always support the life
Of all the boundless creatures.

And until they pass away from pain
May I also be the source of life
For all the realms of varied beings
That reach unto the ends of space."

A guide to the Bodhisattva's way of life - Shantideva

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"Regimen is superior to medicine."
Voltaire (1694 - 1778)

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"Walking is man's best medicine."
Hippocrates

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"Health is not simply the absence of sickness."
Hannah Green

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"A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses."
Hippocrates (460 BC - 377 BC), Regimen in Health

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"A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world."
Paul Dudley White

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"Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men."
Marcus Valerius Martialis (40 AD - 103 AD)

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"Pray for what you cannot see.
Pray clearly
for what you can only faintly grasp.
Pray silently
from the core of your being.
Pray for healing.
Pray for humanity.

Pray lovingly
Pray deeply
pray so deeply that
the prayer and the praying
become one."

Charlie Elkind - Prayer - September 2001

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"Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes."
Henry J. Kaiser (1882 - 1967)

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"Holding onto anger is like grasping onto a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else. You are the one who gets burned."
Gotama Buddha

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"If you would cure anger, do not feed it. Say to yourself: 'I used to be angry every day; then every other day; now only every third or fourth day.' When you reach thirty days offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the gods."
Epictetus (55 AD - 135 AD)

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"Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair."
Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)

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"I have failed many times, and that's why I am a success."
Michael Jordan

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"Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable."
Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)

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"Live among men as if God beheld you; speak to God as if men were listening."
Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD), Epistles

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"The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed.
Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it's considered to be your style."
Fred Astaire

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"Good generals select intelligent officers, thoughtful advisors, and brave subordinates. They oversee their troops like a fierce tiger with wings."
Zhuge Liang 
 

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"What I am actually saying is that we need to be willing to let our intuition guide us, and then be willing to follow that guidance directly and fearlessly."
Shakti Gawain