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We are all born to love people and use things. Unfortunately, we grow to love things and use people... ↗

— T. Rafael Cimino

#greed #inspirational #inspirational-quotes #political-commentary #political-philosophy

Everyone creates realities based on their own personal beliefs. These beliefs are so powerful that they can create [expansive or entrapping] realities over and over.~Kuan Yin ↗

— Hope Bradford

#goddess #gratitude #inspirational #kuanyin #law-of-attraction

There are those who seek knowledge for the sake of knowledge; that is Curiosity. There are those who seek knowledge to be known by others; that is Vanity. There are those who seek knowledge in order to serve; that is Love. ↗

— Bernard of Clairvaux

#knowledge-power #serve-the-people #inspirational

And what greater might do we possess as human beings than our capacity to question and to learn? ↗

— Ann Druyan

#carl-sagan #inspirational #science #theology #thought-provoking

You can't base your life on other people's expectations. ↗

— Stevie Wonder

#expectations #life #other #people #you

Hope does not leave without being given permission. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#inspirational-life #percy-jackson #philosophy #the-last-olympian #inspirational

A choir is made up of many voices, including yours and mine. If one by one all go silent then all that will be left are the soloists. Don’t let a loud few determine the nature of the sound. It makes for poor harmony and diminishes the song. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#chorus #choruses #cooperation #free #free-speech

A man's ego is the fountainhead of human progress. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#inspirational #the-fontainhead #inspirational

Never underestimate the difference YOU can make in the lives of others. Step forward, reach out and help. This week reach to someone that might need a lift ↗

— Pablo

#inspirational #make-a-difference #inspirational

I want 'Flesh Of My Flesh' to be like my connection to the community, I want to say what's on my peoples' minds, soak up all their pain. I've learned that when I take it all in, I can make one brotha's pain be understood by the world. ↗

— DMX

#connection #flesh #i #i can #learned