"Why are you so enchanted by this world, when a mine of gold lies within you?"
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"There are three kinds of fools in this world, fools proper, educated fools and rich fools. The world persists because of the folly of these fools."
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"Witchcraft is, and was, not... for everyone. Unless you have an attraction to the occult, a sense of wonder, a feeling that you can slip for a few minutes out of the world into the world of faery, it is of no use to you."
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"The blizzard of the world has crossed the threshold and it's overturned the order of the soul."
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"To transform the world, we must begin with ourselves; and what is important in beginning with ourselves is the intention. The intention must be to understand ourselves and not to leave it to others to transform themselves or to bring about a modified change through revolution, either of the left or of the right. It is important to understand that this is our responsibility, yours and mine."
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"When a man has made peace within himself, he will be able to make peace in the whole world."
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"Without bitterest cold that penetrates to the very bone, how can plum blossoms send forth their fragrance all over the world?"
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"In a world of plenty, no one, not a single person, should go hungry. But almost 1 billion still do not have enough to eat. I want to see an end to hunger everywhere within my lifetime."
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"Love that shines from within cannot be darkened by obstacles of the world of consequences!"
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"'Tis the white stag, Fame, we're a-hunting, bid the world's hounds come to horn!"
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"I have learnt how to live…how to be in the world and of the world, and not just to stand aside and watch."
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"Once a human being has arrived on this earth, communication is the largest single factor determining what kinds of relationships he makes with others and what happens to him in the world about him."
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"Never mind, love, it's not the end of the world."
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"If measure and symmetry are absent from any composition in any degree, ruin awaits both the ingredients and the composition... Measure and symmetry are beauty and virtue the world over."
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"Belgrade is the ugliest city in the world in the most beautiful place in the world."
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"I'm still the best Keith Moon-style drummer in the world."
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"My greatest desire is that I may perceive the God whom I find everywhere in the external world, in like manner also within and inside myself."
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"Success is having to worry about every damn thing in the world, except money."
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"I realize today that nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to take the path that leads to himself."
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"Not how the world is, but that it is, is the mystery."
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