Quotes To Think About
Total Truth
Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it
seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an
hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S
relativity.
The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working
the moment you get up in the morning and does not
stop until you get into the office.
The trouble with being punctual is that
nobody's there to appreciate it.
We must believe in luck.
It matters not whether you win or lose;
Life is pleasant.
Help a man when he is in trouble and he will
remember you when he is in trouble again.
Complex problems have simple,
It is not exactly cheating,
Whoever said money can't buy happiness,
didn't know where to shop.
Alcohol doesn't solve any problems,
Forgive your enemies but remember their names.
The number of people watching you is directly
proportional to the stupidity of your action.
Don't worry that the world ends today,
its already tomorrow in Australia!
Happiness depends on ourselves.
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future,
concentrate the mind on the present moment.
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.
Real integrity is doing the right thing knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did or not.
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you had only hoped for.
Integrity combined with faithfulness is a powerful force and worthy of great respect.
You are never wrong for how you feel
I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
How things look on the outside of us depends on
It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you're not comfortable within yourself, you can't be comfortable with others.
"Every Warrior of the Light
There is no need of any competition with anybody. You are yourself, and as you are, you are perfectly good. Accept yourself.
Once you have started seeing the beauty of life, ugliness starts disappearing.
Take hold of your own life.
You cannot be truthful if you are not courageous.
"When I was young, I admired clever people.
"Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they will not be here
tomorrow. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you
can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will
never be the same again."
The effects of kindness are not always seen immediately. Sometimes it
takes years until your kindness will pay off. Sometimes you never see
the fruits of your labors, but they are there, deep inside of the soul
of the one you touched."
"When mystics use the word love, they use it very carefully -- in the deeply spiritual sense, where to love is to know; to love is to act. If you really love, from the depths of your Consciousness, that love gives you a native wisdom. You perceive the needs of others intuitively and clearly, with detachment from any personal desires; and you know how to act creatively to meet those needs, dexterously surmounting any obstacle that comes in the way. Such is the immense, driving power of love."
"Therefore, when I say that "I love," it is not I who love, but in reality Love who acts through me. Love is not so much something I do as something that I am. Love is not a doing but a state of being - a relatedness, a connectedness to another mortal, an identification with her or him that simply flows within me and through me, independent of my intentions or my efforts."
"When you are aware that you are the force that is Life, anything is possible. Miracles happen all the time, because those miracles are performed by the heart. The heart is in direct communion with the human soul, and when the heart speaks, even with the resistance of the head, something inside you changes; your heart opens another heart, and true love is possible."
Many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. And it is true that in winter it is sometimes so bitingly cold that one is tempted to say, 'What do I care if there is a summer; its warmth is no help to me now.' Yes, evil often seems to surpass good. But then, in spite of us, and without our permission, there comes at last an end to the bitter frosts. One morning the wind turns, and there is a thaw. And so I must still have hope.
Either I will find a way, or I will make one.
The past cannot be regained, although we can learn from it; the future is not yet ours even though we must plan for it..We have only today.
Words of comfort, skillfully administered, are the oldest therapy known to man.
Go and wake up your luck!
A smile is a powerful weapon; you can even break ice with it.
Nothing erases unpleasant thoughts more effectively than concentration on pleasant ones.
Learning is discovering that something is possible.
Ideas have a short shelf life. You must act upon them before the expiration date.
Words in haste do friendships waste.
In choosing a friend, go up a step.
Happiness sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.
Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible.
Facts speak louder than statistics.
Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.
I would sooner live in a cottage and wonder at everything than live in a castle and wonder at nothing.
Love and respect are the most important aspects of parenting, and of all relationships.
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when open.
Everywhere is walking distance if you have time.
There's something in a simple hug that always warms the heart; it welcomes us back home and makes it easier to part.
One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next, virtue is doing it.
Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear an answer.
Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.
Happy people plan actions, they don't plan results.
Look to this day, For it is Life, The very Life of Life. In it's brief course lie all The realities and verities of existence, The bliss of growth, The splendor of action, The glory of power - For yesterday is but a dream, And tomorrow is only a vision, But today, well lived, Makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, And every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day.
ON ANGER: Holding on to Anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else - you are the one who gets burned.
ON ENDINGS: When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
Anger harms no-one more, than he who harbors it.
In the hour of adversity be not without hope For crystal rain falls from black clouds.
If a man happens to find himself - he has a mansion which he can inhabit with dignity all the days of his life.
The world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles - only by a spiritual journey - by which we arrive at the ground at our feet, and learn to be at home.
Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.
He who would have beautiful roses in his garden must have beautiful roses in his heart.
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.
That the birds of worry and care fly above your head, this you cannot change. But that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent.
Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new end. As We Understood
Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
Half an hour's meditation is essential except when you are very busy. Then a full hour is needed.
He that respects himself is safe from others; he wears a coat of nail that none can pierce.
Concentrate: put all your eggs in one basket, and watch that basket.
I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
Always bear in mind, that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing.
There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love to do, there is only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.
It's always fun to do the impossible.
There are only two lasting bequests we can give our children... one is roots, the other wings.
One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered."
I am not bound to win, I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to the light I have."
Inside every older person is a younger person -
wondering what the hell happened.
The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.
I refuse to think of them as chin hairs.
I think of them as stray eyebrows.
Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.
A male gynecologist is like an auto mechanic who never owned a car.
Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry and you cry with your girlfriends.
My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.
Old age ain't no place for sissies.
A man's got to do what a man's got to do.
A woman must do what he can't.
The phrase "working mother" is redundant.
Every time I close the door on reality, it comes in through the windows.
Whatever women must do, they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.
Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart.
I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once.
If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible
warning.
When I was young, I was put in a school for retarded kids for two years
before they realized I actually had a hearing loss. And they called ME slow!
I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb ... and I'm also not blonde.
If high heels were so wonderful, men would still be wearing them.
I'm not going to vacuum 'til Sears makes one you can ride on.
When women are depressed, they either eat or go shopping. Men invade another country.
Behind every successful man is a surprised woman.
In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man-- if you want anything done, ask a woman.
I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career.
I am a marvelous housekeeper.
Every time I leave a man I keep his house.
Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission.
Unto each season is born a woman of great wisdom...perhaps you're the
one....
The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.
No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won't make you cry.
Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have
A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.
The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them.
Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile.
To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
Don't waste your time on a man/woman, who isn't willing to waste their time on you.
Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful.
Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened.
There's always going to be people that hurt you so what you have to do is keep on trusting and just be more careful about who you trust next time around.
Make yourself a better person and know who you are before you try and know someone else and expect them to know you.
Don't try so hard, the best things come when you least expect them to
REMEMBER: WHATEVER HAPPENS, HAPPENS FOR A REASON.
Winners are those people who make a habit of doing the things losers are uncomfortable doing.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. small people always
do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
Life does not have to be regarded as a game in which scores are kept and
somebody wins. If you are too intent on winning, you will never enjoy playing.
By helping yourself, you are helping mankind. By helping mankind, you are
helping yourself.
Always aim for achievement and forget about success.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
Children need love, especially when they do not deserve it.
Some people make things happen. Some people watch things happen. Some people
wonder what happened!
Many people who imagine they are live wires are only shocking.
"If your eyes are blinded with your worries, you cannot see the beauty of the sunset."
As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wsn't supposed to ever let you down probaly will.
You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it's harder every time. You'll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken.
You'll fight with your best friend.
You'll blame a new love for things an old one did.
You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and you'll eventually lose someone you love.
So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you've never been hurt because every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.
So send this to all of your friends (and me) in the next five minutes and somehting nice will happen tonight.
"Don't be afraid that your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin."
- Albert Einstein -
- Robert Frost -
- Franklin P. Jones -
For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?
- Jean Cocturan -
what matters is whether I win or lose.
- Darrin Weinberg -
Death is peaceful.
It's the transition that's troublesome.
easy to understand wrong answers.
I prefer to consider it creative problem solving.
but then again, neither does milk
~Aristotle~
~Buddha~
~Albert Einstein~
~Oprah~
~Epicurus~
~Unknown~
But you are responsible for how you act
Angel Bianco
He will put some things behind, will pass an invisible boundary; new, universal, and more liberal laws will begin to establish themselves around and within him; or the old laws be expanded, and interpreted in his favor in a more liberal sense, and he will live with the license of a higher order of beings.
In proportion as he simplifies his life, the laws of the universe will appear less complex, and solitude will not be solitude, nor poverty poverty, nor weakness weakness.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
Henry David Thoreau
how things are on the inside of us.
Parks Cousins
Sydney J. Harris
has felt afraid of going into battle.
Every Warrior of the Light
has, at some time in the past, lied or betrayed someone.
Every Warrior of the Light
has trodden a path that was not his.
Every Warrior of the Light
has suffered for the most trivial of reasons.
Every Warrior of the Light
has, at least once, believed he was not a Warrior of the Light.
Every Warrior of the Light
has failed in his spiritual duties.
Every Warrior of the Light
has said 'yes' when he wanted to say 'no.'
Every Warrior of the Light
has hurt someone he loved.
That is why he is a Warrior of the Light,
Because he has been through all this
and yet has never lost hope of being better than he is."
Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Author
From his book: 'Warrior Of The Light'
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Osho
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If you start looking at life with joy, sadness starts disappearing.
You cannot have heaven and hell together, you can have only one.
It is your choice.
Osho
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See that the whole existence is celebrating.
These trees are not serious, these birds are not serious.
The rivers and the oceans are wild,
and everywhere there is fun,
everywhere there is joy and delight.
Watch existence,
listen to the existence and become part of it.
Osho
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You cannot be loving if you are not courageous.
You cannot be trusting if you are not courageous.
You cannot enter into reality if you are not courageous.
Hence courage comes first... and everything else follows.
Osho
1931-1990
Indian Spiritual Teacher
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Now that I am old, I admire kind people."
Rabbi Abraham Heschel, 1907-1972
Jewish Theologian and Social Activist
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Og Mandino, 1923-1996 (Adapted)
Author of 'The Greatest Salesman In The World'
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Dan Kelly
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-- Eknath Easwaran
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-- Robert A. Johnson
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-- Don Miguel Ruiz
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Vincent Van Gogh
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Philip Sidney, Writer and courtier
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Charles Hummell
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Louis Nizer, Laywer (1902-1994)
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Persian Proverb
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Unknown Author
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Hans Selye, Physician (1907-1982)
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Fritz Perls, Psychoanalyst (1893-1970)
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John C. Maxwell, Leadership Consultant
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The Talmud
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John Barrymore, Actor (1882-1942)
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Eric Hoffer, Philosopher (1902-1983)
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Geoffrey Streatfield, Lawyer (1897-1978)
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Raymond Lindquist
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Joan Winmill Brown
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Jodie Foster
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Thomas Dewar
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Steven Wright
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Jill Wolf
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Jack Penn
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David Starr Jordan
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Ed Cunningham
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Ted Geisel (Dr. Seuss)
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- Denis Waitley
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~Sanskrit Proverb
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~Buddha
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~Helen Keller
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~Ancient Proverb
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~Persian Poem
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~James Michener
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~Wendell Berry
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~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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~S R Hole
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~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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~Chinese proverb
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~H W Beecher
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~Francis de Sales
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~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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~Andrew Carnegie
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~John D. Rockefeller
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~Abraham Lincoln
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~Wayne Dyer
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~Walt Disney
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~Stephen Covey
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~Michael J. Fox
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~Abraham Lincoln
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~Cora Harvey Armstrong-
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~Helen Hayes (at 73)-
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~Janette Barber
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~Lily Tomlin
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~Carrie Snow
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~Laurie Kuslansky
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~Erma Bombeck
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~Bette Davis
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~Rhonda Hansome
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~Jane Sellman
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~Jennifer Unlimited
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~Charlotte Whitton
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~Caryn Leschen
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~Jennifer Unlimited
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~Catherine
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~Kathy Buckley
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~Dolly Parton
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~Sue Grafton
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~Roseanne Barr
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~Elayne Boosler
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~Maryon Pearson
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~Margaret Thatcher
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~Gloria Steinem
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~Zsa Zsa Gabor
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~Eleanor Roosevelt
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~Lee Iacocca
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~Ed Foreman
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~Albert Einstein
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~Mark Twain
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~Thomas Merton, Trappist Monk
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~Christopher Isherwood
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~Helen Hayes
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~Franklin D.
Roosevelt
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~Harold S.
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~Unknown
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~Mary Pettibone Poole
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- Krishnamurti
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