We were meant to survive ...

We were meant to survive because of our minds\' ability to reason, our ability to live with frustration in order to maintain our virtue. We wore smiling masks while dying inside.
We were meant to survive because of our minds' ability to reason, our ability to live with frustration in order to maintain our virtue. We wore smiling masks while dying inside.
 Anchee Min

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Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.
 Dave East
A lot of people change for good. Some people just fall off. Just trying to progress in anything, no matter what you're doing, I feel like any progression you make... some people aren't gonna be around you that were around you.
 Dave East
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
Don't settle in the land of barely enough. That is where you are, it is not who you are. That's your location, it's not your identity. No matter what it looks like, have an abundant mentality.
Everything in your life, every experience, every relationship is a mirror of the mental pattern that is going on inside of you.

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If you can't go back to your mother's womb, you'd better learn to be a good fighter.
 Anchee Min
my mother was taught the ch'an concept of happiness, which was to find satisfaction in small things. i was taught to appreciate the fresh air in the morning, the colour of leaves turning red in autumn and the water's smoothness when i soaked my hands in the basin.
 Anchee Min
lack of will power leads to more failure than lack of intelligence or ability.
 Anchee Min
To be able to do art, it was a luxury to me.
 Anchee Min