"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."
"Writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for wordlessness."
"I believe in status symbols."
"Things are symbols of themselves."
"We are symbols, and inhabit symbols."
"Nature is the symbol of Spirit."
"A good symbol is the best argument, and is a missionary to persuade thousands."
"The Charkha is an outward symbol of truth and nonviolence."
"The spinning wheel is a symbol of nonviolence for me."
"The Charkha is the symbol of nonviolence on which all life, if it is to be real life, must be based."
"All things are symbols."
"The dance is the highest symbol of life itself."