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“No drop of water ever falls in the wrong place”.

- Zen

Anne-Maria Yritys 2017. https://www.leadingwithpassion.org

“Character is like a tree and reputation is its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the

tree is the real thing”. ~ Abraham Lincoln


- Zen


“I won´t let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet”. ~ Mahatma Gandhi


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“The difference between what we do and what we would be capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world´s problems. ~ Mahatma Gandhi


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“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is an attribute of the strong”. ~ Mahatma Gandhi


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“We will become who we are meant to become. There is no need to try to be someone different”.

~ Mahatma Gandhi


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“It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver”. ~ Mahatma Gandhi


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“Be truthful, gentle and fearless”. ~ Mahatma Gandhi


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“It is my conviction that nothing enduring can be built on violence”. ~ Mahatma Gandhi


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“There is more to life than simply increasing its speed”. ~ Mahatma Gandhi


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“To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest”. ~ Mahatma Gandhi


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“Nobody can hurt you without your permission”. ~ Mahatma Gandhi


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Seven dangers to human virtue:

1. Wealth without work2. Pleasure without conscience3. Knowledge without character4. Business without ethics5. Science without humanity6. Religion without sacrifice7. Politics without principle

~ Mahatma Gandhi


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“Our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world but being able to remake

ourselves”. ~ Mahatma Gandhi


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“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty”. ~ Mahatma Gandhi


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“What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another”. ~ Mahatma Gandhi


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“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others”. ~ Mahatma Gandhi


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“Whatever you believe about yourself on the inside is what you will manifest outside”. ~ Mahatma Gandhi


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“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever”. ~ Mahatma Gandhi


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“Many people, especially those who are ignorant, want to punish you for speaking the truth, for being correct, for being you. Never apologize for being correct, or for being years ahead of your

time. If you are right and you know it, speak your mind”. ~ Mahatma Gandhi


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“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will”. ~ Mahatma Gandhi


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“It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honored by the humiliation of their

fellow human beings”. ~ Mahatma Gandhi


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“It is unwise to be too sure of one´s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might

weaken and the wisest might err”. ~ Mahatma Gandhi


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“An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching”. ~ Mahatma Gandhi


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“You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison

my mind”. ~ Mahatma Gandhi


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“My imperfections & failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes & my talents & I lay them both at God´s feet”. ~ Mahatma Gandhi


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“Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress”. ~ Mahatma Gandhi


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“The enemy is fear. We think it is hate, but it is fear”. ~ Mahatma Gandhi


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“Peace is its own reward”. ~ Mahatma Gandhi


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“I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one´s

head pointed toward the sun, one´s feet moving forward”. ~ Nelson Mandela


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“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not one who does not feel afraid, but one who conquers that fear”.

~ Nelson Mandela


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“Difficulties break some men but make others. No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps

on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end”. ~ Nelson Mandela


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“It always seems impossible until it is done”. ~ Nelson Mandela


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“When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in

peace”. ~ Nelson Mandela


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“Real leaders must be ready to sacrifice all for the freedom of their people”. ~ Nelson Mandela


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“A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the

world the better place we so passionately dreamt of”. ~ Nelson Mandela


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“Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and

passionate about what they do”. ~ Nelson Mandela


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“Education is the most powerful weapon for changing the world”. ~ Nelson Mandela


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“To be free is not merely to cast off one´s chains, but to live in way that respects and enhances the freedom

of others”. ~ Nelson Mandela


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“Do not judge me by my successes. Judge me by how many times I fell and got back up again”.

~ Nelson Mandela


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“Money won´t create success. The freedom to make it will”. ~ Nelson Mandela


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“We must use time wisely and realize that the time is always ripe to do right”. ~ Nelson Mandela


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“Man´s goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished”. ~ Nelson Mandela


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“Resentment is like drinking poison and hoping that it will kill your enemies”. ~ Nelson Mandela


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“I like friends with independent minds: they tend to make you see problems from all angles”.

~ Nelson Mandela


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“A good head and a good heart are a formidable combination”. ~ Nelson Mandela


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“With determination, people can overcome anything”. ~ Nelson Mandela


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“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter

words, but to live by them”. ~ JFK


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“Change is the law of life. Those who only look to the past or present are certain to miss the

future”. ~ JFK


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“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other”. ~ John F. Kennedy


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“If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity”.

~ John F. Kennedy


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“The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge & the dissemination of truth”. ~ JFK


- Zen


“We are tied to the ocean. When we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch, we are

going back from whence we came”. ~ JFK


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“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable”. ~ JFK


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“Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names”. ~ John F. Kennedy


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“Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind”. ~ John F. Kennedy


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“Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction”. ~ John F. Kennedy


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“Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought”. ~ JFK


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“Things do not happen. Things are made to happen”. ~ John F. Kennedy


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“Do not ask what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country”. ~ JFK


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“There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of inaction”.

~ John F. Kennedy


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“Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth”. ~ John F. Kennedy


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“Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners & necessity

has made us allies. Those whom God has so joined together, let no man put asunder”. ~ JFK


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“Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one´s own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or

persecution of others”. ~ John F. Kennedy


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“When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man´s concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence.

When power corrupts, poetry cleanses”. ~John F. Kennedy


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“The best road to progress is freedom´s road”. ~ John F. Kennedy


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“In a time of domestic crisis, men of goodwill and generosity should be able to unite regardless of

party or politics”. ~ John F. Kennedy


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“Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old

barriers, quietly building new structures”. ~ JFK


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“In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its

hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility. I welcome it. ~ JFK


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“Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all”. ~ John F. Kennedy


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“The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all”. ~ JFK


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“If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich”.

~ John F. Kennedy


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“Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan”. ~ John F. Kennedy


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“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic”. ~ JFK


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“When written in Chinese, the word ´crisis´ is composed of two characters. One represents

danger, and the other one represents opportunity”. ~ John F. Kennedy


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“Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our

fundamental resource”. ~ John F. Kennedy


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“Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond

human beings”. ~ John F. Kennedy


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“Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children´s future. And, we are all

mortal”. ~ John F. Kennedy


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“Let us never negotiate out of fear. Let us never fear to negotiate”. ~ John F. Kennedy


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“Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security”.

~ John F. Kennedy


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“The problems of the world cannot be solved by cynics or skeptics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men and women who

can dream of things that never were”. ~ JFK


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“A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people”. ~ John F. Kennedy


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“We must use time as a tool, not as a couch”. ~ JFK


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“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be”. ~ Abraham Lincoln


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“Whatever you are, be a good one”. ~ Abraham Lincoln


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“Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends”? ~ Abraham Lincoln


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“My best friend is a person who will give me a book I have not yet read”. ~ Abraham Lincoln


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“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man´s character, give him power”.

~ Abraham Lincoln


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“I am a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn´t have the heart to let him

down”. ~ Abraham Lincoln


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“Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren´t very new after all”.

~ Abraham Lincoln


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“When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That´s my religion”. ~ Abraham Lincoln


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“Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves”. ~ Abraham Lincoln


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“I am a slow walker, but I never walk back”. ~ Abraham Lincoln


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“There are no bad pictures; that´s just how your face looks sometimes”. ~ Abraham Lincoln


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“Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it”. ~ Abraham Lincoln


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“I can see how a man can look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God”. ~

Abraham Lincoln


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“I don´t like that man. I must get to know him better”. ~ Abraham Lincoln


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“Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm”. ~ Abraham Lincoln


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“I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up

to what light I have”. ~ Abraham Lincoln


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“I would rather be a little nobody than to be an evil somebody”. ~ Abraham Lincoln


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“You can fool some people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the

people all of the time”. ~ Abraham Lincoln

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