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Results from Michael Moncur's (Cynical) Quotations:

Those who can laugh without cause have either found the true meaning of happiness or have gone stark raving mad.: Norm Papernick

Results from Laura Moncur's Motivational Quotations:

When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), 'Of Human Bondage', 1915
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Intimate relationships cannot substitute for a life plan. But to have any meaning or viability at all, a life plan must include intimate relationships.: Harriet Lerner
This is our purpose: to make as meaningful as possible this life that has been bestowed upon us; to live in such a way that we may be proud of ourselves; to act in such a way that some part of us lives on.: Oswald Spengler (1880 - 1936)
Living apart and at peace with myself, I came to realize more vividly the meaning of the doctrine of acceptance. To refrain from giving advice, to refrain from meddling in the affairs of others, to refrain, even though the motives be the highest, from tampering with another's way of life - so simple, yet so difficult for an active spirit. Hands off!: Henry Miller (1891 - 1980)
Dedicate some of your life to others. Your dedication will not be a sacrifice. It will be an exhilarating experience because it is an intense effort applied toward a meaningful end.: Dr. Thomas Dooley
First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.: Epictetus (55 AD - 135 AD)
The true meaning of religion is thus not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.: Matthew Arnold (1822 - 1888), 'Literature and Dogma,' preface to 1883 edition, last words
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Wonder is what sets us apart from other life forms. No other species wonders about the meaning of existence or the complexity of the universe or themselves.: Herbert W. Boyer, co-founder of Genentech, Inc.
It's important that someone celebrate our existence... People are the only mirror we have to see ourselves in. The domain of all meaning. All virtue, all evil, are contained only in people. There is none in the universe at large. Solitary confinement is a punishment in every human culture.: Lois McMaster Bujold, "Mirror Dance", 1994

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