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"Enjoy the contented silence."
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"There were moments, of course. Those small spaces in time, too soon gone, when everything seems to stand still, and existence is balanced on a perfect point, like the moment of change between the dark and the light, and when both and neither surround you."
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"The more a person knows the less they talk. I shall cease speaking and endeavor to instill a large band of silence inside myself in order to forge a deeper and closer relationship with all of nature. Only when I attain absolute quietude shall I understand the supreme virtue of humanity and understand the meaning of both life and death. Only when I achieve absolute stillness shall I come to a perfect realization of the meaning of existence innate in all things."
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"The apartment below mine had the only balcony of the house. I saw a girl standing on it, completely submerged in the pool of autumn twilight. She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together."
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"The silence is not suppression; instead, it is all there is."
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"It is just dawn, daylight: that gray and lonely suspension filled with the peaceful and tentative waking of birds. The air, inbreathed, is like spring water. He breathes deep and slow, feeling with each breath himself diffuse in the natural grayness, becoming one with loneliness and quiet that has never known fury or despair. "That was all I wanted," he thinks, in a quiet and slow amazement. "That was all, for thirty years. That didn't seem to be a whole lot to ask in thirty years."
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"Your greatest strength is in your ability to remain still."
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Personal Development
"Trying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Have the patience to wait! Be still and allow the mud to settle."
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"Prayer is speaking to God - but sometimes, He uses our times of prayerful silence to speak to us in return."
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"Enjoy the contented silence."
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"Only in stillness does the imperceivable become discernible."
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"Choice and perception are closely linked. They are unique, personal and emotional."
Philosophy
"It is possible to be happy and successful by living on one's own terms."
Success
"I'll be off exploring, searching for those out-of-bounds places where dreams exist."
Exploration
"The past informs the present."
History
"Workdays are, I imagine, rather like learning to ice-skate Torvill and Dean's The Bolero. They start and end easily enough; it's the bit in the middle that causes the pain in the arse."
Work
"Angling is a sport, so sporting ethics should apply."
Ethics
"I like working among 'creative clutter'. It gives me a sense of activity and achievement."
Creativity
"You can escape completely, seeking an alternative life, or you can play the game and go absent without leave. How you do it is up to you."
Freedom
"We get so used to the gregarious nature of our towns and villages that we forget how crowded our existence has become."
Society
"I wish for a simple life."
Simplicity
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