"Art arises when the secret vision of the artist and the manifestation of nature agree to find new shapes."
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"You often say ; I would give , but only to the deserving, The trees in your orchard say not so , nor the flocks in your pasture. Surely he who is worthy to receive his days and nights is worthy of all else from you. And he who has deserved to drink from the ocean of life deserves to fill his cup from your little stream. See first that youyourself deserve to be a giver , and an insturument of giving. For in truth it is life that gives unto life-while you , who deem yourself a giver , is but a witness."
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"The significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather what he longs to attain."
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"And let your best be for your friend. If he must know the ebb of your tide, let him know its flood also. For what is your friend that your should seek with him hours to kill? Seek with him always hours to live. For it is his to fill your need, but not your emptiness. And in the sweetness of friendship, let there be laughter, and the sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed."
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"Let there be spaces in your togetherness"
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"Behind the veil of each night, there is a smilling dawn."
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"An eye for an eye, and the whole world would be blind."
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"Strange that we all defend our wrongs with more vigor than we do our rights."
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"Words are timeless. You should utter them or write them with a knowledge of their timelessness."
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"Desire is half of life, indifference is half of death."
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"In battling evil, excess is good; for he who is moderate in announcing the truth is presenting half-truth. He conceals the other half out of fear of people's wrath."
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"The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold."
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"When your friend speaks his mind you fear not the 'nay' in your own mind, nor do you withhold the 'ay. And when he is silent your heart ceases not to listen to his heart; For without words, in friendship, all thoughts, all desires, all expectations are born and shared, with joy that is unacclaimed. When you part from your friend, you grieve not; For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence, as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain."
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"Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof."
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"Beauty is not a need but an ecstasy. It is not a mouth thirsting nor an empty hand stretched forth, But rather a heart enflamed and a soul enchanted."
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"From a sensitive woman's heart springs the happiness of mankind, and from the kindness of her noble spirit comes mankind's affection."
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"When life does not find a singer to sing her heart she produces a philosopher to speak her mind."
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"Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes."
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"Follow your heart. Your heart is the right guide in everything big. Mine is so limited. What you want to do is determined by that divine element that is in each of us."
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"When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed, dumb and silent, when all else sings together in unison?"
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