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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

by Adam Smith

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Feb 19, 2021 08:44PM

“As the sun went down, I saw a solitary boatman disporting on the smooth lake. The falling dews seemed to strain and purify the air, and I was soothed with an infinite stillness. I got the world, as it were, by the nape of the neck, and held it under in the tide of its own events, till it was drowned, and then I let it go down stream like a dead dog. Vast hollow chambers of silence stretched away on every side, and my being expanded in proportion, and filled them. Then first could I appreciate sound, and find it musical.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Letters to a Spiritual Seeker

tags: inspirational, nature, spirituality

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“Katherine is a lawyer, as I said, and she doesn’t lie; the truth, however, after it passes through her lips can be unrecognizable.”
― Brian Haig, The Night Crew

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“stereotypes are such dangerous stuff; they narrow your frame of mind, and shape your reference and behavior.”
― Brian Haig, Man In The Middle

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“They could rename this town shithole and be accused of putting on airs.”
― Brian Haig, The Night Crew

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“I have realized; it is during the times I am far outside my element that I experience myself the most. That I see and feel who I really am, the most! I think that's what a comet is like, you see, a comet is born in the outer realms of the universe! But it's only when it ventures too close to our sun or to other stars that it releases the blazing "tail" behind it and shoots brazen through the heavens! And meteors become sucked into our atmosphere before they burst like firecrackers and realize that they're shooting stars! That's why I enjoy taking myself out of my own element, my own comfort zone, and hurling myself out into the unknown. Because it's during those scary moments, those unsure steps taken, that I am able to see that I'm like a comet hitting a new atmosphere: suddenly I illuminate magnificently and fire dusts begin to fall off of me! I discover a smile I didn't know I had, I uncover a feeling that I didn't know existed in me... I see myself. I'm a shooting star. A meteor shower. But I'm not going to die out. I guess I'm more like a comet then. I'm just going to keep on coming back.”
― C. JoyBell C.