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The greatest gift you can give others is your best you--your healthiest you.
— Joseph J. Sweere 
I am part of all that I have met.
— Alfred, Lord Tennyson
When the deepest part of you becomes engaged in what you are doing, when your activities and actions become gratifying and purposeful, when what you do serves both yourself and others, when you do not tire within but seek the sweet satisfaction of your life and your work, you are doing what you were meant to be doing.
— Gary Zukav
If you don't do what's best for your body, you're the one who comes up on the short end.
— Julius Erving
And so is skin a language. It speaks when words fail us and communicates to parts of ourselves that are beyond the reach of words. 
—  Tracy Young 
The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness.
— Milan Kundera
When you're always trying to conform to the norm, you lose your uniqueness, which can be the foundation for your greatness. 
—  Dale Archer
Home is a refuge, not only from the world but a refuge from my worries, my terrible concerns. I like beautiful things around me. I like to be beautiful, because it delights my eyes and my soul is lifted up.
— Dr. Maya Angelou
Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
— Anais Nin
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