“Why be elated by material profit?” Father replied. “The one who pursues a goal of evenmindedness is neither jubilant with gain nor depressed by loss. He knows that man arrives penniless in this world, and departs without a single rupee.”
― Autobiography of a Yogi
― Autobiography of a Yogi
“I felt the kind of peace you feel when you come in from a hot afternoon and pour cold water over your feet.”
― Cobalt Blue
― Cobalt Blue
“Do not read as children do to enjoy themselves, or, as the ambitious do to educate themselves. No, read to live.”
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“Books were safer than other people anyway.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
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