"Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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"No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. It ministers to our education, to the development of such qualities as patience, faith, fortitude and humility."

Orson F. Whitney

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"When you fight something, you are tied to it forever. As long as you are fighting it, you are giving it power. You give it as much power as you are using to fight it."

Anthony De Mello