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Confucius – tools

Mind Quote / Zou, Lu state, Ancient China / 551 BC – 479 BC / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Stonehenge close up, Amesbury, England / LoadingBookmark

“The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.”

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Josh Billings – get there

Mind Quote / Lanesborough, Massachusetts, United States / 1818 - 1885 / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Seaview San Pietro, Portovenere, Italy / LoadingBookmark

“Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.”

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Benjamin Disraeli – nurture your mind

Mind Quote / London, United Kingdom / 1804 - 1881 / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – View over Byron Bay, Australia / LoadingBookmark

“Nurture your mind with great thoughts.”

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Pyotr Uspensky – half awake

Mind Quote / Moscow, Russia / 1878 - 1947 / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph – Cockatoo awaits, Leura Australia / LoadingBookmark

“When one realises one is asleep, at that moment one is already half-awake.”

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Dalai Lama – a precious human life

Mind Quote / Taktser, China / 1935 - present / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Amalfi Coastline, Italy / LoadingBookmark

“Every day, think as you wake up. Today I am fortunate to have woken up. I am alive, I have a precious human life. I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others, to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others. I am not going to get angry, or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others, as much as I can.”

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Ralph Waldo Emerson – seconds of happiness

Mind Quote / Boston Massachusetts, Unites States / 1803 – 1882 / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph - Autumn leaves Yarrangobilly Caves, Australia / LoadingBookmark

“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”

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Michelangelo – mastery

Mind Quote / Caprese, Italy / 1475 – 1564 / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City / LoadingBookmark

“If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful at all.”

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Socrates – to know

Mind Quote / Athens, Greece / 470 BC – 399 BC / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph – Spider Web - Kosciuszko National Park, Australia / LoadingBookmark

“To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.”

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Marcus Aurelius – power

Mind Quote / Rome, Italy / 121 – 180 / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Christogram, Basilica S. Paolo, Rome Italy / LoadingBookmark

“You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”

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Isaac Newton – ocean

Mind Quote / Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England / 1642 -1726 / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph – Garie Beach Australia / LoadingBookmark

“What we know is a drop, what we don’t know is an ocean.”

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Alexander Graham Bell – focus

Mind Quote / Edinburgh, Scotland / 1847 – 1922 / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph – Sun over Cronulla, Australia / LoadingBookmark

“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The Sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.”

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Chinese Proverb – prevent

Mind Quote / China / Photographer - Janet Zenari / Photograph – Nest, Sydney Australia / LoadingBookmark

“That the birds of worry and care fly over your head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent.”

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