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“How couldst thou become new if thou have not first become ashes?”
― Thus Spoke Zarathustra
― Thus Spoke Zarathustra
“One of the goals of alchemists was to concoct the “elixir,” a panacea that would heal all ills and prolong all lives. This miraculous substance had many names, the most inclusive being lapis philosophorum, philosophers’ stone.”
― The Force of Character: And the Lasting Life
― The Force of Character: And the Lasting Life
“We become the prayer we pray.
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― The Love of Devotion
― The Love of Devotion
“Recognize the call as a prime fact of human existence; (b) align life with it; (c) find the common sense to realize that accidents, including the heartache and the natural shocks the flesh is heir to, belong to the pattern of the image, are necessary to it, and help fulfill it. A calling may be postponed, avoided, intermittently missed. It may also possess you completely. Whatever; eventually it will out. It makes its claim. The daimon does not go away.”
― The Soul's Code: In Search of Character and Calling
― The Soul's Code: In Search of Character and Calling
“I wished to be loved by another, but I desire no man’s pity.”
― The Lord of the Rings
― The Lord of the Rings
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