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O God, when I listen to the voices of animals, the sounds of trees, the murmurings of water, the singing of birds,… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Not a single star will be left in the night. The night will not be left. I will die and, with me,… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
The essayist is a self-liberated man, sustained by the childish belief that everything he thinks about, everything that happens to him, is… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
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We pursue her in her incessant metamorphoses yet we never manage to trap her. She always escapes: each encounter ends in flight.… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
In our dreams we have seen another world, an honest world, a world decidedly more fair than the one in which we… — Subcomandante Marcos Copy Share Image
Dim loneliness came imperceivably into the fields and he turned back. The birds piped oddly; some wind was caressing the higher foliage,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
With my sister perched on my arm, I walked to the elevator. A business man with a rolling suitcase was waiting by… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
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Meditation means awareness. Whatsoever you do with awareness is meditation. Action is not the question, but the quality that you bring to… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
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When the first light dawned on the earth, and the birds awoke, and the brave river was heard rippling confidently seaward, and… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Birds have nests that seem to be inherent. I think there must be some kind of extended phenotype for humans. People probably… — Mitchell Joachim Copy Share Image
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Happy indeed is the naturalist: to him the seasons come round like old friends; to him the birds sing: as he walks… — John Lubbock Copy Share Image
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The rocks are where they are- and this is their will. The rivers flow- and this is their will. The birds fly-… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share Image
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The tree I had in the garden as a child, my beech tree, I used to climb up there and spend hours.… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
One human life is deeper than the ocean. Strange fishes and sea-monsters and mighty plants live in the rock-bed of our spirits.… — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
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