“The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns;
the pessimist stares at the thorns,
oblivious of the rose.” — Kahlil Gibran
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“My dear,
In the midst of hate, I found there was, within me, an invincible love.
In the midst of tears, I found there was, within me, an invincible smile.
In the midst of chaos, I found there was, within me, an invincible calm.
I realized, through it all, that…
In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.
And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me,
within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.
Truly yours,
Albert Camus”
And all my days are trances
And all my nightly dreams
Are where thy dark eye glances
And where thy footstep gleams—
In what ethereal dances
By what eternal streams.
Edgar Allan Poe
“When two friends understand each other totally,
the words are soft and strong like an orchid’s perfume.”
— Martin Luther King Jr
“Life is for the living.
Death is for the dead.
Let life be like music.
And death a note unsaid.”
― Langston Hughes
“Without love, there is no reason to know anyone,
for love will in the end connect us to our neighbors,
our children and our hearts.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.
“Love is the bridge between you and everything.” ― Rumi
The alphabet begins with ABC, numbers begin with 123,
music begins with do-re-mi, and friendship begins with you and me. — Melchor Lim
How did it happen that their lips came together?
How does it happen that birds sing, that snow melts, that the rose unfolds,
that the dawn whitens behind the stark shapes of trees on the quivering summit of the hill?
A kiss, and all was said.”
— Victor Hugo
“You’d be so lean, that blast of January
Would blow you through and through. Now, my fair’st friend,
I would I had some flowers o’ the spring that might
Become your time of day.”
– William Shakespeare, The Winter’s Tale, Act IV Scene 4
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