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"The existence of relative truth does not prove the non-existence of universal truth."
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"In the equation of life, the limit does not exist."

"Think independently and critically, but never forget to think with understanding and love."

"A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory. -STEVEN WRIGHT."

"Our life on earth is and ought to be material and carnal. But we have not yet learned to manage our materialism and carnality properly they are still entangled with the desire for ownership."

"A philosopher is a lover and searcher of truth, beauty, meaning, and wisdom."

"He began to see the truth, that Ged had neither lost nor won but, naming the shadow of his death with his own name, had made himself whole: a man: who, knowing his whole true self, cannot be used or possessed by any power other than himself, and whose life therefore is lived for life's sake and never in the service of ruin, or pain, or hatred, or the dark. In the Creation of Ea, which is the oldest song, it is said, 'Only in silence the word, only in dark the light, only in dying life: bright the hawk's flight on the empty sky."

"There is nothing wrong or right, only our thoughts make it so."

"I am writing just to inspire you, encourage you, empower you, and give you hope when you are fighting your life's battle."

"By one fact, the Self [Soul] is the creator [of new karma]. From another fact, the Self [Soul] is not the creator."

"I am not pretty, I am not ugly,I am not true, I am not false, I am just me, a reality, a conception not a misinterpretation."
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"Materialism, attachment to things of the world, includes pride. Many religious people suffer from pride: taking pleasure or even delight in being good, or religious."


"If you really want to learn, do not be surprised if someone tries to teach you. And do not lightly reject the method."


"Prescribing hard work for the soft, or easy work for the hardy, is generally nonsense. What is always needed in any aim is right effort, right time, right people, right materials."


"The colour of the water seems to be the colour of the glass into which it has been poured."
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