Let us thank God for having made us this gift of death, so that life is to have meaning; of night, that day is to have meaning; silence, that speech is to have meaning; illness, that health is to have meaning; war, that peace is to have meaning. Let us give thanks to Him for having given us weariness and pain, so that rest and joy are to have meaning. Let us give thanks to him, whose wisdom is infinite. Amin Maalouf
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Every day we wake up and face a new day. With each new day comes new opportunities. With each new day we get to learn and grow. We only get new chances at life because death is always there to take us back into itself, but this is our chance to show that we can be better than that.

Source: Leo Africanus

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