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"And while he compared all these things which he was seeing with his eyes to the mental pictures he had painted of them in his homesickness, it became clear to him that he was, after all, destined to be a poet, and he saw that in poets' dreams reside a beauty and enchantment that one seeks in vain in the things of the real world."
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"You were not born to make only a living but to live life."

"You have to believe in your dreams, to reach out for your dreams."

"Like a bird, fly against the wind of opinions to reach your destination."

"You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."

"Without challenge we become too comfortable with life."

"When you travel, appreciate the culture of the people in the land."

"Life is never ordinary, it is always a wonder, it is always magical."

"Your destiny is the only path to be travelled by you."

"Life will fulfill your expectations."

"You have to work harder to achieve your goals."
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"It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is."

"Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity."

"Between the dark, heavily laden treetops of the spreading chestnut trees could be seen the dark blue of the sky, full of stars, all solemn and golden, which extended their radiance unconcernedly into the distance. That was the nature of the stars. and the trees bore their buds and blossoms and scars for everyone to see, and whether it signified pleasure or pain, they accepted the strong will to live. flies that lived only for a day swarmed toward their death. every life had its radiance and beauty. i had insight into it all for a moment, understood it and found it good, and also found my life and sorrows good."

"He brooded on how close destruction always was to all creatures, animals as well as humans, and he realized that there is nothing we can predict or know for certain in this world except death."

"Our mind is capable of passing beyond the dividing line we have drawn for it. Beyond the pairs of opposites of which the world consists, other, new insights begin."

"He lost his Self a thousand times and for days on end he dwelt in non-being. But although the paths took him away from Self, in the end they always led back to it. Although Siddhartha fled from the Self a thousand times, dwelt in nothing, dwelt in animal and stone, the return was inevitable; the hour was inevitable when he would again find himself in sunshine or in moonlight, in shadow or in rain, and was again Self and Siddhartha, again felt the torment of the onerous life cycle."

"Within yourself is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself."
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