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"Listen to both sides of an argument. A scale with weights on only one side never finds balance." - S Chavez

"To sit in companionable silence is to communicate on a level no words can ever rise to." - S Chavez

"Imagine what our world could be if we worked half as hard to get along as we do to hate each other." - S Chavez

"The phrase "two negatives make a positive" may work in math, but not in human nature." - S Chavez

"Sometimes we have feelings that no words can properly express. This is why we were given tears." - S Chavez

"Courage must accept fear." - S Chavez

"When you finally see the love within yourself, others will begin to see it in you as well." - S Chavez

"In the end, the only thing that really matters is what you did to make this world a better place." - S Chavez

Reading is not a skill to be learned, but a gift you give to yourself. - S Chavez

"To read a book is to maroon yourself upon an island of imagination you never want to be rescued from." - S Chavez

"Raging at the clouds will not stop the rain." - S Chavez

“Your words and actions speak for you long after you've left the room.” - S Chavez

“Deepest night is merely the darkened theater before the curtain rises upon tomorrow.” - S Chavez

Great stories are never written about people who said "someday…" - S Chavez

"Before you can be found, you must accept being lost." - S Chavez

It is far better to say, “At least I tried” than to forever say, “Someday, I’m going to do that.” - S Chavez

“Today is your childhood's someday.” - S Chavez

"Even when you've been cut down as low as you can go in life, don't give up. Things can always get better." - S Chavez

"I cannot control the flow of the river. I can only control my place upon it." - S Chavez