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"In any dark time, there is a tendency to veer toward fainting over how much is wrong or unamended in the world. Do not focus on that. There is a tendency too to fall into being weakened by persevering on what is outside your reach, by what cannot yet be. Do not focus there. That is spending the wind, without raising the sails.One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your soul. Soul on deck shines like gold in dark times."

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

"Sometimes you have to act as if acting will make a difference, even when you can’t prove that it will."

Michael Pollan

"When a man walks into a room, he brings his whole life with him. He has a million reasons for being anywhere, just ask him. If you listen, he’ll tell you how he got there. How he forgot where he was going, and that he woke up. If you listen, he’ll tell you about the time he thought he was an angel or dreamt of being perfect. And then he’ll smile with wisdom, content that he realized the world isn’t perfect. We’re flawed, because we want so much more. We’re ruined, because we get these things, and wish for what we had."

Don Draper, Mad Men

"If everything is under control, you’re probably not going fast enough."

Mario Andretti

"Be of service everyday, whether it’s convenient or not. Choose love or fear every time the choice arises."

Anthony Kiedis

"There’s only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you’ve got to be kind."

Kurt Vonnegut

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

Margaret Mead

"Nostalgia is a seductive liar."

George Wildman Ball