

"You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams."
Widely attributed to Dr. Seuss (Real name of Theodor Seuss Geisel).
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"Love is the irresistible desire to be desired irresistibly."
Robert Frost Society, Volumes 1991-1993 (page 143)
Although often attributed to Mark Twain or "love doctor" Leo Buscaglia, this quote actually spoken by Robert Frost to Sidney Cox, on a walk in 1911.
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"We need to be the change we wish to see in the world."
As quoted in "Arun Gandhi Shares the Mahatma's Message" Vol. XXVII, No. 13 (1 February 2002) p. A34
There is some argument that Gandhi never said this, however, some members of his family maintain that he did.
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"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
Attributed to Emerson in Promotion of Pharmaceuticals : Issues, Trends, Options (1993) pg 74, and also Thoreau elsewhere, but no instance of the quote can be found before 1990, so the authorship of the quote is disputed.
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"I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out."
The poem this is attributed to, by Roy Croft, is nearly identical to a German-language poem by Eric Fried titled "Ich liebe dich" ("I Love You"). Little is known about either poem, so it is difficult to say if Croft actually wrote this poem or if he translated Fried's poem and ended up with the credit. Often the quote is attributed to "Anonymous" or Elizabeth Browning, as well.
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"Grow old along with me!
The best is yet to be."
Dramatis Personae "Rabbi Ben Ezra" (1864)
This poem was written about 12th century Abraham ibn Ezra, a sort of "Renaissance man" before there was a Renaissance. The poem is an explanation of the ideas Ezra espoused in his life.
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"I cannot believe that God would choose to play dice with the universe."
The Born-Einstein Letters (1971)
The direct quote is "I, at any rate, am convinced that He does not throw dice," but Einstein often used variations of this quote and indeed spoke it differently to different parties.
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"The language of friendship is not words, but meanings."
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849)
This famous American author spent two years living in the wilderness at Walden Pond, where he penned some of his most-remembered works. This quote was written in memory of a trip he took with his brother John, who died of tetanus in 1842. The quote continues, "It is an intelligence above language. One imagines endless conversations with his Friend, in which the tongue shall be loosed, and thoughts be spoken without hesitance or end..."
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"The only way to have a friend is to be one."
Essays, First Series (1841), essay titled "Friendship."
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"Your wealth is where your friends are."
Often attributed to Titus Maccius Plautus.
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"Life is 10% of what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it."
Strengthening Your Grip - October 15, 1998 (Hardcover)
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"Every day should be passed as if it were to be our last."
Syrus's Sententiae.
Taken from an alphabetic book of maxims, the above quote is maxim 633 in Syrus's list.
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"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."
The Serenity Prayer (c. 1942)
Though earlier variants may have existed, Niebuhr was the first to state this so succinctly, and also the first to copyright it. Since then, it has been adopted by Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12 step groups.
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"It is only those who never do anything who never make mistakes."
Recherches Geologiques volume 3, (1867) pg. 76
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"It seems that perfection is attained not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing more to remove."
Terre des Homme ["Wind, Sand, and Stars" in English] (1939)
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