“There are heights of the soul from which even tragedy ceases to look tragic; and rolling together all the woe of the world -- who could dare to decide whether its sight would necessarily seduce us and compel us to feel pity and thus double this woe?”
― Beyond Good and Evil
― Beyond Good and Evil
“To have committed every crime but that of being a father.”
― The Trouble With Being Born
― The Trouble With Being Born
“If you want to travel the Way of Buddhas and Zen masters, then expect nothing, seek nothing, and grasp nothing.”
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“In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows. Nature says, -- he is my creature, and maugre all his impertinent griefs, he shall be glad with me”
― Nature
― Nature
“Get you gone, you dwarf,
You minimus of hindering knotgrass made,
You bead, you acorn!”
― A Midsummer Night’s Dream
You minimus of hindering knotgrass made,
You bead, you acorn!”
― A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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