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• When you give, expect nothing from people and everything from Allah.

  Omar Suleiman

  People, Giving

  FaceBook post by Omar Suleiman from Feb 10, 2014

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• Human kindness has no reward. You should give to others in every way you see. expect absolutely nothing from anyone. It should be your goal to love every human you encounter. All human suffering that you're aware of and continues without your effort to stop it becomes your crime.

  Louis C. K.

  Love, Inspirational, Kindness

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• When you demand nothing of the world, nor of God, when you want nothing, seek nothing, expect nothing, then the supreme state will come to you uninvited and unexpected.

  Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

  Spiritual, Yoga, World

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• If you expect the worst, you'll never be disappointed.

  Sarah Dessen

  Worst, Disappointed, Ifs

  Sarah Dessen (2008). “Lock and Key”, p.206, Penguin

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• As long as I focus on what I feel and don't worry about where I'm going, it works out. Having no expectations but being open to everything is what makes wonderful things happen. If I don't worry, there's no obstruction and life flows easily. It sounds impractical, but 'Expect nothing; be open to everything' is really all it is.

  Marketa Irglova

  Long, Work Out, Expectations

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• Expect nothing. Today: that is your life.

  Kurt Tucholsky

  Advice, Today

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• Wish for nothing larger Than your own small heart.

  Alice Walker

  Heart, Wish

  Alice Walker (2012). “Anything We Love Can Be Saved: A Writer's Activism”, p.134, Ballantine Books

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• Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.

  Alexander Pope

  Blessed, Men, Disappointed

  Alexander Pope (1824). “The Works of Alexander Popekesq., with Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others: To which Were Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks”, p.367

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• Hope for everything, expect nothing.

  Darren Criss

  Motivational, Hope, Expectations

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• Instead of expecting all and being lowered into despair each time I get less, I expect nothing now and, occasionally, I get a little, and am more than a little happy.

  Susan Sontag

  Despair, Littles, Expecting

  Susan Sontag (2009). “Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963”, p.189, Macmillan

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• Seek to give much -- expect nothing.

  Jonathan Goforth

  Giving

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• Too often we underestimate the power of a touch.

  Leo Buscaglia

  Smile, Appreciation, Kindness

  "Love". Book by Leo Buscaglia, 1972.

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• The most content people are those who expect nothing, who have ceased to dream.

  Christopher Pike

  Dream, People, Alisa Perne

  Christopher Pike (2013). “Thirst: Thirst No. 1; Thirst No. 2; Thirst”, p.349, Simon and Schuster

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• I think it would be worse to expect nothing than to be disappointed.

  Lucy Maud Montgomery

  Thinking, Expectations, Would Be

  Lucy Maud Montgomery (2016). “ANNE OF GREEN GABLES - Complete Collection: ALL 14 Books in One Volume (Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Rainbow Valley, The Story Girl, Chronicles of Avonlea and more): Including Letters and Autobiography of Lucy Maud Montgomery”, p.80, e-artnow

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• I expect nothing of man, and disown the race. The only folly is expecting what is never attained; man is most contemptible when compared with his own pretensions. It is better to laugh at man from outside the universe, than to weep for him within.

  H. P. Lovecraft

  Men, Race, Laughing

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• Most people I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing in return and I do very well in the bargain.

  Francois Fenelon

  Funny, Humorous, People

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• Look, my philosophy in life is expect nothing and everything is a bonus.

  Hugh Jackman

  Philosophy, Looks, Bonus

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• If you choose to do something, do it with your utmost. And remember, expect nothing and life will be velvet.

  Lisa Gardner

  Expectations, Velvet, Remember

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• Don't just show kindness in passing or to be courteous. Show it in depth, show it with passion, and expect nothing in return. Kindness is not just about being nice; it's about recognizing another human being who deserves care and respect.

  Colin Powell

  Kindness, Nice, Passion

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• With despair, true optimism begins: the optimism of the man who expects nothing, who knows he has no rights and nothing coming to him, who rejoices in counting on himself alone and in acting alone for the good of all.

  Jean-Paul Sartre

  Men, Rights, Optimism

  Jean-Paul Sartre, Michel Rybalka, Michel Contat, Richard C. McCleary (1985). “The Writings of Jean-Paul Sartre”, p.159, Northwestern University Press

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• Never try to fool children, they expect nothing, and therefore see everything.

  Harry Houdini

  Children, Magic, Trying

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• Your mind creates your reality. If you expect nothing, you open up the universe to give you options. If you expect the worst, you usually get it.

  James Patterson

  Reality, Giving, Mind

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• I try not to speak about all the charities and people I help, because I believe we can only be truly generous when we expect nothing in return.

  Muhammad Ali

  Believe, People, Trying

  FaceBook post by Muhammad Ali from May 30, 2014

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• We should feel with our whole heart that we have no one to rely on except God, and that from Him and Him alone can we expect every kind of good, every manner of help, and victory. Since we are nothing, we can expect nothing from ourselves, except stumblings and falls, which make us relinquish all hope of ourselves. On the other hand, we are certain always to be granted victory by God, if we arm our heart with a living trust in Him and an unshakable certainty that we will receive His help.

  Lorenzo Scupoli

  Christian, Fall, Heart

  "Unseen Warfare: The Spiritual Combat and Path to Paradise of Lorenzo Scupoli".

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• One can understand why Surrealism was not afraid to make for itself a tenet of total revolt, complete insubordination, of sabotage according to rule, and why it still expects nothing save from violence.

  Andre Breton

  Violence, Insubordination, Surrealism

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