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“There is, one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath...”
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
“If wisdom were offered me on the one condition that I should keep it shut away and not divulge it to anyone, I should reject it. There is no enjoying the possession of anything valuable unless one has someone to share it with.”
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“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
― The Little Prince
― The Little Prince
“It turns out that it takes courage simply to be a normal person at ease in the world among others.”
― The World Could Be Otherwise: Imagination and the Bodhisattva Path
― The World Could Be Otherwise: Imagination and the Bodhisattva Path
“Spiritual awakening is exactly dropping the sense of one’s narrow separateness; it is essentially and profoundly altruistic.”
― Training in Compassion: Zen Teachings on the Practice of Lojong
― Training in Compassion: Zen Teachings on the Practice of Lojong
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