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In that moment, of all my waking moments, I am very aware of being at the service of something; there is a machine in me, or I am a ghost in it.
“People look for retreats for themselves, in the country, by the coast, or in the hills. There is nowhere that a person can find a more peaceful and trouble-free retreat than in his own mind. . . . So constantly give yourself this retreat, and renew yourself.”
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“He that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened;" for only by patience, practice, and ceaseless importunity can a man enter the Door of the Temple of Knowledge. EFFECT”
― As a Man Thinketh
― As a Man Thinketh
“When you're born in a burning house, you think the whole world is on fire. But it's not.”
― Aloha from Hell
― Aloha from Hell
“The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
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