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Quote of the day 03/29/26

From Marcus Aurelius: “Today I escaped from anxiety. Or no, I discarded it, because it was within me, in my own perceptions—not outside.”

From Fyodor Dostoevsky: “Through suffering, we find the strength to endure, and in endurance, we discover the meaning of life.”

From Leo Tolstoy: “If you want to be happy, be.”

From Fyodor Dostoevsky: “The darker the night, the brighter the stars; the deeper the grief, the closer is God.”

From Marcus Aurelius: “Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.”

From Henry David Thoreau: “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life.”

From Rabindranath Tagore: “Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.”

From Jack Kerouac: “Practice kindness all day to everybody and you will realize you’re already in heaven now.”

From Charles Dickens: “Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection.”

From John Milton: “Yet he who reigns within himself, and rulesPassions, desires, and fears, is more a king.”