“We shall be permitted to live on this planet only for as long as we treat all nature with compassion and intelligence.”
― Island
― Island
“...two thirds of all sorrow is homemade and, so far as the universe is concerned, unnecessary.”
― Island
― Island
“We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.”
― Siddhartha
― Siddhartha
“It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them. So throw away your baggage and go forward. There are quicksands all about you, sucking at your feet, trying to suck you down into fear and self-pity and despair. That’s why you must walk so lightly. Lightly my darling...”
― Island
― Island
“We cannot reason ourselves out of our basic irrationality. All we can do is learn the art of being irrational in a reasonable way.”
― Island
― Island
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