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A woman of seven and twenty, said Marianne, after pausing a moment, can never hope to feel or inspire affection again. ↗

— Jane Austen

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A truly radical resolution would be to embrace existence just as it is, as the only thing that matters, to proclaim that the world itself is heaven, made for our total enjoyment and fulfillment... ↗

— CrimethInc.

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Believe nothing because it is written in books.Believe nothing because wise men say it is so.Believe nothing because it is religious doctrine.Believe it only because you yourself know it to be true. ↗

— Siddharta Gautama Buddha

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What is seen is not the Truth What is cannot be said Trust comes not without seeing Nor understanding without words The wise comprehends with knowledge To the ignorant it is but a wonder Some worship the formless God Some worship his various forms In what way He is beyond these attributes Only the Knower knows That music cannot be written How can then be the notes Say Kabir, awareness alone will overcome illusion. ↗

— Kabir

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You are what you share. ↗

— Charles Leadbeater

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In traveling, a companion, in life, compassion,'" she repeats, making sure of it. If she had paper and pencil, it wouldn't surprise me if she wrote it down. "So what does that really mean? In simple terms." I think it over. It takes me a while to gather my thoughts, but she waits patiently. "I think it means," I say, "that chance encounters are what keep us going. In simple terms. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

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Getting carried away is stupid, it won't get me anywhere. -Nana Komatsu ↗

— Ai Yazawa

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You don't have to place your hand on Mary's heart to get strength and consolation and rescue, and all the other things we need to get through life. You can place it right here on your own heart. Your own heart. ↗

— Sue Monk Kidd

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If we come from the water, I conclude that we come from different kinds of it. I will meet a person and in his eyes see an ocean, deep and never ending; then I will meet another person and feel as though I have stepped into a shallow puddle on the street, there is nothing in it. Or maybe some of us come from the water, and some of us come from somewhere else; then it's all a matter of finding those who are the same as us. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

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Then I closed my eyes. That was it. That was Before. Now here we go into After. ↗

— Jennifer Castle

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