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The scenes we are seeing unfold in Israel and Gaza mark a new chapter in the Middle East conflict. The consequences and scale of losses are already devastating, and the recent attack – and the war that now follows – is likely to shape global politics for years to come. With correspondents on the ground and reporters updating this liveblog 24/7, the Guardian is well-placed to provide comprehensive, fact-checked reporting, to help all of us make sense of this perilous moment for the region. Reader-funded and free from commercial influence, we can report fearlessly on world events as they develop.  No BANKA FAİZ NET TÜR SÜRE saat 1 AKBANK %42 965 BİREYSEL 32 30 2 GARANTİ %43 775 KURUMSAL 365 7 3 ZİRAAT %44 ...

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew. Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life. In all things it is better to hope than to despair. Doubt can only be removed by action. Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men. Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks. We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases. A really great talent finds its happiness in execution. As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts expressed -- That can make life a garden. Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game. We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; ...

Art is not, as the metaphysicians say, the manifestation of some mysterious idea of beauty or God; it is not, as the aesthetical physiologists say, a game in which man lets off his excess of stored-up energy; it is not the expression of man’s emotions by external signs; it is not the production of pleasing objects; and, above all, it is not pleasure; but it is a means of union among men, joining them together in the same feelings, and indispensable for the life and progress toward well-being of individuals and of humanity. Leo Tolstoy The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them. Anton Chekhov Art is an attempt to understand, yielding pleasure in the attempt whether or not we understand. Robert Brault Art is not a thing — it is a way. Elbert Hubbard Art is an experience, not the formulation of a problem. Lindsay Anderson You see, painting has now become, or all art has now become completely a game,by which man distracts himself. What is fascinati...

To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear. Buddha Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. Buddha To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him. Buddha Money cannot buy health, but I'd settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair. Dorothy Parker The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not. Mark Twain Sleep is important, and you need enough sleep to be a healthy, functioning adult. Getting seven to eight hours requires discipline. Bennett Garner A healthy outside starts from the inside. Robert Urich Wine is the most healthful an...

One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty. There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person. I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives. Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable. Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings. Let me know when you begin the new tea, and the new white wine. My present elegancies have not yet made me indifferent to such matters. I am still a cat if I see a mouse. It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy — it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others. The more I see of the world, the more am i dissatisfied with it; and everyday confirms my belief of the inconsis...

This life is yours. Take the power to choose what you want to do and do it well. Take the power to love what you want in life and love it honestly. Take the power to walk in the forest and be a part of nature. Take the power to control your own life. No one else can do it for you. Take the power to make your life happy.  Susan Polis Schutz The day the power of love overrules the love of power, the world will know peace.  Mahatma Gandhi The measure of a man is what he does with power.  Plato Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.  Abraham Lincoln Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.  Oscar Wilde Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.  John Steinbeck Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively using words...

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching. Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing. The purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness. Government exists for the interests of the governed, not for the governors. He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and third time, till at length it becomes habitual; he tells lies without attending to it, and truths without the world's believing him. This falsehood of tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good dispositions. The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government. Never spend money before you have it. Determine never to be idle. No person will have the occasion to complain of the want of time, who never...