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Je suis belle, ô mortels ! comme un rêve de pierre, Et mon sein, où chacun s’est meurtri tour à tour, Est fait pour inspirer au poète un amour Eternel et muet ainsi que la matière. Je trône dans l’azur comme un sphinx incompris ; J’unis un
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“But that shadow has been serving you!
What hurts you, blesses you.
Darkness is your candle.
Your boundaries are your quest.
You must have shadow and light source both.
Listen, and lay your head under the tree of awe.”
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What hurts you, blesses you.
Darkness is your candle.
Your boundaries are your quest.
You must have shadow and light source both.
Listen, and lay your head under the tree of awe.”
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“I didn't want to kill time. I don't like that expression. I like to look at time, follow it with my eyes, take what I can.”
― The Meursault Investigation
― The Meursault Investigation
“You might even ask me to apply my 'theory' to myself and explain what damage I had suffered a long way back and what its consequences might be: for instance, how it might affect my reliability and truthfulness. I'm not sure I could answer this, to be honest.”
― The Sense of an Ending
― The Sense of an Ending
“When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.”
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“We are captured in a culture where our very identity is tied up with our accomplishments. We wear all we have to do like a badge on our shirt for all to see. In this rush to get to the next thing, we have left no time for ourselves to digest and assimilate our lives; this may be our biggest theft of all. We need time to catch up with ourselves. We need time to chew and ponder and allow the experiences of life to integrate within us. We need time to rest and to reflect and to contemplate.”
― The Yamas & Niyamas: Exploring Yoga's Ethical Practice
― The Yamas & Niyamas: Exploring Yoga's Ethical Practice
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