Saints Everywhere

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You meet saints everywhere. They can be anywhere. They are people behaving decently in an indecent society. ~ Kurt Vonnegut

The Benjamin Franklin Effect

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If you want someone to like you, ask them to do you a small favor. It might sound backward, but studies show that if you do something nice for someone, you will like them more and want to help them again. It’s called The Benjamin Franklin Effect. According to legend, Franklin asked an enemy if he could borrow a book, then thanked him profusely. They became lifelong friends.

A Soft Heart

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A soft heart has nothing to do with being a coward. In fact, the bravest people I’ve ever known have had the softest hearts. ~ Henry B. Eyring

The Silence Of Good People

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The world suffers a lot not because of the violence of bad people, but because of the silence of good people. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

Language That Transcends

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I’d like to point out to people the divine in a musical language that transcends words. I want to speak to their souls. ~ John Coltrane