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“He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.”
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“We do not know what things look like, as you say," the beast said. "We know what things are like. It must be a very limiting thing, this seeing.”
― A Wrinkle in Time
― A Wrinkle in Time
“It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.”
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“Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.”
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“Paracelsus
At times I almost dream
I too have spent a life the sages’ way,
And tread once more familiar paths. Perchance
I perished in an arrogant self-reliance
Ages ago; and in that act a prayer
For one more chance went up so earnest, so
Instinct with better light let in by death,
That life was blotted out — not so completely
But scattered wrecks enough of it remain,
Dim memories, as now, when once more seems
The goal in sight again.”
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At times I almost dream
I too have spent a life the sages’ way,
And tread once more familiar paths. Perchance
I perished in an arrogant self-reliance
Ages ago; and in that act a prayer
For one more chance went up so earnest, so
Instinct with better light let in by death,
That life was blotted out — not so completely
But scattered wrecks enough of it remain,
Dim memories, as now, when once more seems
The goal in sight again.”
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