Nelie
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“Firm they might have stood, yet fell; remember, and fear to transgress.”
― Paradise Lost
― Paradise Lost
“Who is more foolish? The fool or the fool who follows him?”
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“We have two alternatives: either we question our beliefs - or we don't. Either we accept our fixed versions of reality- or we begin to challenge them. In Buddha's opinion, to train in staying open and curious - to train in dissolving our assumptions and beliefs - is the best use of our human lives.”
― The Pocket Pema Chodron
― The Pocket Pema Chodron
“Friend, client, child, sickness, fear, want, charity, all knock at once at thy closet door, and say, ‘Come out unto us.’ But keep thy state; come not into their confusion. The power men possess to annoy me, I give them by a weak curiosity. No man can come near me but through my act. “What we love that we have, but by desire we bereave ourselves of the love.”
― Self-Reliance
― Self-Reliance
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