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It is not too late to become that person again... http://www.inspirationline.com/rss/9AUG2010.htm We can do no great things,only small things with great love... http://www.inspirationline.com/rss/2AUG2010.htm Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted... http://www.inspirationline.com/rss/26JUL2010.htm Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil; our great hope lies in developing what is good... http://www.inspirationline.com/rss/19JUL2010.htm Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little.... http://www.inspirationline.com/rss/12JUL2010.htm If you do not have peace in your life, you, like many others, have probably not fully understood its message. You receive exactly what you put out, or, 'As you sow, so shall you reap'.... http://www.inspirationline.com/rss/5JUL2010.htm Where the ego promotes control by fear, the soul promotes freedom in love. 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What we learn is that beauty and imperfection go together wonderfully... http://www.inspirationline.com/rss/24MAY2010.htm Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties... http://www.inspirationline.com/rss/17MAY2010.htm Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.... http://www.inspirationline.com/rss/10MAY2010.htm Nothing living should ever be treated with contempt. Whatever it is that lives, a man, a tree, or a bird, should be touched gently, because the time is short. Civilization is another word for respect for life.... http://www.inspirationline.com/rss/3MAY2010.htm Angels come to help and guide us in as many guises as there are people who need their assistance.... http://www.inspirationline.com/rss/26APR2010.htm If you try to make your circle closed and exclusively yours, it never grows very much. Only a circle that has lots of room for anybody who needs it has enough spare space to hold any real magic.... http://www.inspirationline.com/rss/19APR2010.htm Time is limited, so I better wake up every morning fresh and know that I have just one chance to live this particular day right, and to string my days together into a life of action, and purpose.... http://www.inspirationline.com/rss/12APR2010.htm If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.... http://www.inspirationline.com/rss/5APR2010.htm Fill your mind with the meaningless stimuli of a world preoccupied with meaningless things, and it will not be easy to feel peace in your heart... http://www.inspirationline.com/rss/29MAR2010.htm The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives... http://www.inspirationline.com/rss/22MAR2010.htm True happiness is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose... http://www.inspirationline.com/rss/15MAR2010.htm Perseverance is not a long race. 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