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"Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent."
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"Night falls. Or has fallen. Why is it that night falls, instead of rising, like the dawn? Yet if you look east, at sunset, you can see night rising, not falling; darkness lifting into the sky, up from the horizon, like a black sun behind cloud cover. Like smoke from an unseen fire, a line of fire just below the horizon, brushfire or a burning city. Maybe night falls because it's heavy, a thick curtain pulled up over the eyes. Wool blanket."

"Put your ears to the ground, to the sky, to the sun and the moon... tune in to Mother Earth's sweet song. She has messages to say, knowledge to relay, inspiration to convey... there is much for you to learn. Your journey has just begun."

"What branch does not have its leaves and which twig will not have its flowers?"

"Can I tell from the twilight from which the world is built that I am a sunrise in this life?"
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"Philosophy, like medicine, has plenty of drugs, few good remedies, and hardly any specific cures."

"Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest of the day."

"The contemplative life is often miserable. One must act more, think less, and not watch oneself live."

"There are two things that one must get used to or one will find life unendurable: the damages of time and injustices of men."
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