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Tao Te Ching
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The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is because they do not live of, or for, themselves.
“I think I would rather be a man than a god. We don’t need anyone to believe in us. We just keep going anyhow. It’s what we do.”
― American Gods
― American Gods
“In the Kamigata area, they have a sort of tiered lunchbox they use for a single day when flower viewing. Upon returning, they throw them away, trampling them underfoot. The end is important in all things.”
― Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
― Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
“Dawn was coming. The Waystone Inn lay in silence, and it was a silence of three parts.”
― The Wise Man's Fear
― The Wise Man's Fear
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― A Dance with Dragons
― A Dance with Dragons
“Yet it seems odd to discount the well-being of people as their velocity increases.”
― Stubborn Attachments: A Vision for a Society of Free, Prosperous, and Responsible Individuals
― Stubborn Attachments: A Vision for a Society of Free, Prosperous, and Responsible Individuals
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