"For a love to grow through the test of everyday living, one must respect that zone of privacy where one retires to relate to the inside instead of the outside."
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"The longing for paradise is paradise itself."
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"It is not the image you would see nor the song you would hear, but rather an image you see though you close your eyes and a song you hear though you shut your ears."
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"Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing. And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb. And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance."
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"And your fragrance shall be my breath, And together we shall rejoice through all the seasons."
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"life unfolds itself in mysteries ways."
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"My friends: Music is the language of spirits. Its melody is like the frolicsome breeze that makes the strings quiver with love. When the gentle fingers of Music knock at the door of our feelings, they awaken memories that have long lain hidden in the depths of the Past. The sad strains of Music bring us mournful recollections; and her quiet strains bring us joyful memories. The sound of strings makes us weep at the departure of a dear one, or makes us smile at the peace God has bestowed upon us."
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"Seek not the depths of your knowledge with staff or sounding line. For self is a sea boundless and measureless."
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"Where can I find a man governed by reason instead of habits and urges?"
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"Believing is a fine thing, but placing those beliefs into execution is a test of strength. Many are those who talk like the roar of the sea, gut their lives are shallow and stagnant, like the rotting marshes. Many are those who lift their heads above the mountain tops, but their spirits remain dormant in the obscurity of the caverns."
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"Birth and Death are the two noblest expressions of bravery."
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"If your knowledge teaches you not the value of things, and frees you not from the bondage to matter, you shall never come near the throne of Truth."
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"He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy. [for without sorrow how would you know what joy is? Contrast provides peceptive clarity]"
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"They have exiled me now from their society and I am pleased, because humanity does not exile except the one whose noble spirit rebels against despotism and oppression. He who does not prefer exile to slavery is not free by any measure of freedom"
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"Is not dread of thirst when your well is full, the thirst that is unquenchable?"
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"In the depth of your hopes and desires lies your silent knowledge of the beyond."
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"Your body is the harp of your soul and it is yours to bring forth sweet music from it or confused sounds."
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"For the breath of life is in the sunlight and the hand of life is in the wind."
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"It is not a garment I cast off this day, but a skin that I tear with my own hands."
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"You may give them your love, but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts."
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