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• Tolerance obviously requires a non-contentious manner of relating toward one another’s differences. But tolerance does not require abandoning one’s standards or one’s opinions on political or public policy choices. Tolerance is a way of reacting to diversity, not a command to insulate it from examination.

  Dallin H. Oaks

  Diversity, Choices, Political

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• The eternal difference between right and wrong does not fluctuate, it is immutable.

  Patrick Henry

  Doe, Morality, Sin

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• There were two sets of double doors leading out of the antechamber, one marked STACKS and the other TOMES. Not knowing the difference between the two, I headed to the ones labeled STACKS. That was what I wanted. Stacks of books. Great heaps of books. Shelf after endless shelf of books.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Book, Doors, Two

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• We frequently find that the influence of good women is underrated. It is an influence that is often subtle but yet has tremendous consequences. One woman can make a great difference for a whole nation.

  James E. Faust

  Good Woman, Influence, Subtle

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• It is not given to us to know what difference we can make, and perhaps we can make no difference at all. But that is no reason not to make the attempt," said Saliman quietly. "The Light shines more brightly in the darkness.

  Alison Croggon

  Success, Light, Shining

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• Two weevils crept from the crumbs. 'You see those weevils, Stephen?' said Jack solemnly. I do.' Which would you choose?' There is not a scrap of difference. Arcades ambo. They are the same species of curculio, and there is nothing to choose between them.' But suppose you had to choose?' Then I should choose the right-hand weevil; it has a perceptible advantage in both length and breadth.' There I have you,' cried Jack. 'You are bit - you are completely dished. Don't you know that in the Navy you must always choose the lesser of two weevils? Oh ha, ha, ha, ha!

  Patrick O'Brian

  Hands, Two, Navy

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• God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; enjoying one moment at a time; accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will; that I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him forever in the next. Amen.

  Reinhold Niebuhr

  Inspirational, Courage, Accepting God

  "Serenity Prayer". Prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr, www.beliefnet.com. 1951.

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• I live in my dreams — that's what you sense. Other people live in dreams, but not in their own. That's the difference.

  Hermann Hesse

  Inspirational, Dream, People

  "Demian". Book by Hermann Hesse, p. 183, 1919.

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• The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge while an ordinary man takes everything as a blessing or a curse.

  Carlos Castaneda

  Positive, Attitude, Warrior

  Carlos Castaneda (2013). “Tales of Power”, p.106, Simon and Schuster

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• If we want a beloved community, we must stand for justice, have recognition for difference without attaching difference to privilege.

  Bell Hooks

  Beloved Community, Justice, Want

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• By eating meat we share responsibility for causing climate change, the destruction of our forests, and the poisoning of our air and water. The simple act of becoming a vegetarian can make a difference in the health of our planet.

  Nhat Hanh

  Buddhist, Peace, Responsibility

  "The World We Have: A Buddhist Approach to Peace and Ecology". Book by Nhat Hanh, September 1, 2008.

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• A labyrinth is a symbolic journey . . . but it is a map we can really walk on, blurring the difference between map and world.

  Rebecca Solnit

  Journey, Labyrinth, World

  Rebecca Solnit (2001). “Wanderlust: A History of Walking”, p.56, Penguin

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• Those who see any difference between soul and body have neither

  Oscar Wilde

  Soul And Body, Soul, Body

  Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.210, Courier Corporation

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• What's genius? I don't know but I do know that the difference between a madman and a professional is that a pro does as well as he can within what he has set out to do and a madman does exceptionally well at what he can't help doing.

  Charles Bukowski

  Doe, Genius, Helping

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• Poets often describe love as an emotion that we can't control, one that overwhelms logic and common sense. That's what it was like for me. I didn't plan on falling in love with you, and I doubt if you planned on falling in love with me. But once we met, it was clear that neither of us could control what was happening to us. We fell in love, despite our differences, and once we did, something rare and beautiful was created. For me, love like that has happened only once, and that's why every minute we spent together has been seared in my memory. I'll never forget a single moment of it.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Love, Beautiful, Memories

  "The Notebook". Book by Nicholas Sparks, October 1, 1996.

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• Is there a difference between happiness and inner peace? Yes. Happiness depends on conditions being perceived as positive; inner peace does not.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Life, Spiritual, Inner Peace

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.177, New World Library

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• He spent six hours examining things, trying to find a difference from their appearance on the previous day in the hope of discovering in them some change that would reveal the passage of time.

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  Trying, Six, Appearance

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez (2014). “One Hundred Years of Solitude”, p.70, Penguin UK

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• The reason I know what we are to each other is because we fight freely and almost constantly, about even the smallest thing. In fact, once we didn't speak for an entire week because he didn't like the way I loaded his dishwasher...I can't decide if we're exact opposites, or somehow exactly the same except for minor cosmetic differences. I do know that all of his friends hate me and all of my friends hate him. We drive each other crazy in ways that nobody else can even touch. We never bore each other. And we both realize what a rare thing this is.

  Augusten Burroughs

  Hate, Crazy, Fighting

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• When a man's partner is killed he's supposed to do something about it. It doesn't make any difference what you thought of him. He was your partner and you're supposed to do something about it. Then it happens we were in the detective business. Well, when one of your organization gets killed it's bad business to let the killer get away with it. It's bad all around-bad for that one organization, bad for every detective everywhere. Sam Spade

  Dashiell Hammett

  Men, Organization, Killers

  The Maltese Falcon ch. 20 (1930)

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• I want you to show them the difference between what they think you are and what you can be.

  Ernest Gaines

  Thinking, Want, Shows

  Ernest J. Gaines (2015). “A Lesson Before Dying”, p.189, Serpent's Tail

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• There's such a big difference between being dead and alive, I told myself, the greatest gift that anyone can give anyone else is life. And the greatest sin a person can do to another is to take away that life. Next to that, all the rules and religions in the world are secondary; mere words and beliefs that people choose to believe and kill and hate by. My life won't be lived that way, and neither, I hope, will my children's.

  James McBride

  Children, Hate, Believe

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• Katie had a fierce desire for survival which made her a fighter. Johnny had a hankering after immortality which made him a useless dreamer. And that was the great difference between these two who loved each other so well.

  Betty Smith

  Two, Dreamer, Survival

  BETTY SMITH (1943). “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”

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• It was so simple that a flash of astonishment that felt like pain shot through her head. Education! That was it! It was education that made the difference! Education would pull them ut of the grame and dirt.

  Betty Smith

  Pain, Simple, Astonishment

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• And good neighbors make a huge difference in the quality of life. I agree.

  Robert Fulghum

  Quality, Neighbor, Agree

  Robert Fulghum (2004). “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten: Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things”, p.199, Ballantine Books

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• John Bunyan, author of the classic book the Pilgrim’s Progress, said “You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who cannot pay you back.” Make a decision that you will live to give. Be on the lookout each day for somebody you can bless. Don’t’ live for yourself; learn to give yourself away, and your life will make a difference.

  Joel Osteen

  Book, Giving, Decision

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