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Impermanence Quotes

You’ll here quotations on impermanence, the reality that everything changes and nothing lasts forever. Impermanence recognizes the reality of decay and ending. How does this idea that all is in flux influence the way we think about the world and our lives?

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Appreciation Quotes

Appreciating is recognizing and acknowledging the value, significance, or worth of something or someone. It can be shown in many ways. Expressing appreciation can foster connection, harmony, empathy, and even…

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Interdependence Quotes

Interdependence is when unique individual units which are connected so that actions by one affect all the others. It is neither dependence nor interdependence, but the complex interplay of both. These interdependence quotations explore the idea from many perspectives.

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Writing and Writers Quotes

Writing: to put words to paper (or computer screen) is a kind of communication where one expresses thoughts and another reads and responds. What have some writers and others said about the work of writing?

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Risk Quotes

It takes courage, or foolhardiness, to take risks in life. Not taking any risks often means no success at all. What have some wise thinkers said about risk?

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Reverence for Life Quotes

Albert Schweitzer was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for his Reverence for Life philosophy. What was that philosophy? What did Schweitzer and others say about it? Here are a few…

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Purpose Quotes

What is the purpose of life? of your life? of what you are working on? These eternal questions have occupied some of the wisest minds. Here are some inspiring and…

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Leadership Quotes

Leading others has been a role in human groups since before history began. Is leadership learned or inborn? Is it best done by exercising power and force, or by cooperation…

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Humanity Quotes

Here you'll find quotations about humanity as a collective whole, about the quality of humanity in how we act, and about what makes us human.

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Humanism Quotes

Humanism as a philosophy and life stance is grounded in the idea that people are capable of making ethical decisions, and that people are responsible for their actions. In the…

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Kindness Quotes

To be kind is to be considerate, friendly, and compassionate towards others. It can be simply expressing a warm positive attitude, or it can be to share words of encouragement,…

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Dissent Quotes

To dissent is to express a different opinion, or to challenge established beliefs or norms. In democracy, dissent is protected, so that there can be a free exchange of ideas…