"There is a desire deep within the soul which drives man from the seen to the unseen, to philosophy and to the divine."
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"And if there come the singers, and the dancers and the flute players - buy of their gifts also. For they too are gatherers of fruit and frankincense, and that which they bring, though fashioned of dreams, is raiment and fod for your soul."
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"No human relation gives one possession in another—every two souls are absolutely different. In friendship or in love, the two side by side raise hands together to find what one cannot reach alone."
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"Man struggles to find life outside himself, unaware that the life he is seeking is within him."
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"Your joy can fill you only as deeply as your sorrow has carved you."
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"You have been told that, even like a chain, you are as weak as your weakest link. This is but half the truth. You are also as strong as your strongest link. To measure you by your smallest deed is to reckon the power of ocean by the frailty of its foam. To judge you by your failures is to cast blame upon the seasons for their inconstancy."
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"True love cannot be found where it truly does not exist, Nor can it be hidden where it truly does. Anonymous Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; For love is sufficient unto love."
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"I am one of those who believe that spiritual progress is a rule of human life, but the approach to perfection is slow and painful. If a woman elevates herself in one respect and is retarded in another, it is because the rough trail that leads to the mountain peak is not free of ambushes of thieves and lairs of wolves."
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"Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror."
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"They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I deem them mad because they think my days have a price."
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"Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all."
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"Poetry, my dear friends, is a sacred incarnation of a smile. Poetry is a sigh that dries the tears. Poetry is a spirit who dwells in the soul, whose nourishment is the heart, whose wine is affection. Poetry that comes not in this form is a false messiah."
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"Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping. For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts. And stand together yet not too near together: For the pillars of the temple stand apart, And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow."
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"When you look closely people are so strange & so complicated that they're actually beautiful."
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"Spare me the political events and power struggles, as the whole earth is my homeland and all men are my fellow countrymen."
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"Strange, the desire for certain pleasures is a part of my pain."
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"You may give them your love but not your thoughts, for they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams."
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"If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure him you will always remember."
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"Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.” “Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself. To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving"
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"You cannot judge any man beyond your knowledge of him, and how small is your knowledge."
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