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“the night of thought is the light of perception.”
― Practical Mysticism
― Practical Mysticism
“We are one huge universe speaking and listening to itself.”
― The Perfume of Silence
― The Perfume of Silence
“Love in all its forms is the most important matter that we will ever face, but also the most dangerous, the most unpredictable, the most maddening. But it is also the only salvation I know of”
― The Cost for Love We are Not Willing to Pay
― The Cost for Love We are Not Willing to Pay
“You can hardly say of your soul what sex it is. But if you pay close attention, you will see that the most masculine man has a feminine soul, and the most feminine woman a masculine soul.”
― The Red Book: Liber Novus
― The Red Book: Liber Novus
“Memory and time, both immaterial, are rivers with no banks and constantly merging. Both escape our will, though we depend on them. Measured but measured by whom or by what? The one is inside, the other, outside or so it seems, but is that true? Time seems also buried deep in us but where? Memory is right here, in the head, but it can exit, abandon that head, leave it behind, disappear. Memory, a sanctuary of infinite patience.”
― Night
― Night
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