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Confucius Philosopher
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"As in the case of making a mound, if, before the very last basketful, I stop, then I shall have stopped. As in the case of leveling the ground, if, though tipping only one basketful, I am going forward, then I shall be making progress."

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Cormac McCarthy Novelist, Screenwriter
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"They spoke less and less between them until at last they were silent altogether as is often the way with travelers approaching the end of a journey."

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Virginia Woolf Novelist
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"To look life in the face, always, to look life in the face, and to know it for what it is...at last, to love it for what it is, and then, to put it away."

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Rumi Poet, Philosopher
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"The Law of Wonder rules my life at last, ...I burn each second of my life to Love Each second of my life burns out in Love In each leaping second Love lives afresh."

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H. G. Wells Writer
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"The Jews looked for a special savior, a messiah, who was to redeem mankind by the agreeable process of restoring the fabulous glories of David and Solomon, and bringing the whole world at last under the firm but benevolent Jewish heel."

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Emile M. Cioran Philosopher, Essayist
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"If we manage to last in spite of everything, it is because our infirmities are so many and so contradictory that they cancel each other out."

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