"Things admit of being used as symbols, because nature is a symbol, in the whole, and in every part."
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"The grave and the image are equally links with the irrecoverable and symbols for the unimaginable."
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"Writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for wordlessness."
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"I believe in status symbols."
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"Things are symbols of themselves."
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"We are symbols, and inhabit symbols."
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"Nature is the symbol of Spirit."
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"A good symbol is the best argument, and is a missionary to persuade thousands."
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"The Charkha is an outward symbol of truth and nonviolence."
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"The spinning wheel is a symbol of nonviolence for me."
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"The Charkha is the symbol of nonviolence on which all life, if it is to be real life, must be based."
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"All things are symbols."
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"The dance is the highest symbol of life itself."
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