A Quote by Lionel Shriver
Maybe the greatest favour a spouse can tender is to overlook what you can't.
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With favour never clasp'd; but bred a dog.
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Even the greatest companies encounter problems or otherwise fall out of favour.
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Your greatest adversary is also your greatest teacher. Like it or not, it is the job of certain people to bring out the worst in you. What they trigger is already in you. They are here to reveal the sore, tender wounded places in your heart and mind, and they are providing you with a wonderful and divine opportunity for healing.
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Be still, then, thou uneasy mortal; know that God is unerringly wise; and be assured that, amidst the greatest multiplicity of beings, He does not overlook thee.
There is no reason whatever to believe that the order of nature has any greater bias in favour of man than it had in favour of the ichthyosaur or the pterodactyl.
Maybe we should be a little bit more tender-hearted.
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The greatest worth is self-mastery.
The greatest quality is seeking to serve others.
The greatest precept is continual awareness.
The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything.
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The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind.
The greatest patience is humility.
The greatest effort is not concerned with results.
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