Anita Moorjani is a Singaporean speaker and New York Times bestselling author who speaks on her experience of after a four-year battle with cancer, falling into a coma for thirty days and coming out of it reporting a near-death experience.
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Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good.
Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.
If you love deeply, you’re going to get hurt badly. But it’s still worth it.
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I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.
Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say ‘My tooth is aching’ than to say ‘My heart is broken.’
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What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it.
Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true education.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.
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