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"So far this is an interesting look at the myth & the man, who's credited with starting a revolution in thought..." — Apr 25, 2011 07:54AM
"So far this is an interesting look at the myth & the man, who's credited with starting a revolution in thought..." — Apr 25, 2011 07:54AM


“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
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“Our task must be to free ourselves... by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and it's beauty.”
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“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
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