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“as jolaha ka maram na jana, jinh jag ani pasarinhh tana; dharti akas dou gad khandaya, chand surya dou nari banaya; sahastra… — Kabir Copy Share Image
I'm really an inner spirit that only makes itself known through the music. A lot of people think I'm an introvert, or… — Faith Evans Copy Share Image
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We imagine what this country is, but quite clearly, this country is a mystery. I mean, one of the reasons I did… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
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Love fulfilled sees where we could have gone the way of love before, if we'd known how, and how insecurities limited many… — Doc Childre Copy Share Image
The obscurest sayings of the truly great are often those which contain the germ of the profoundest and most useful truths. Genius… — Giuseppe Mazzini Copy Share Image
God will not hold us responsible to understand the mysteries of election, predestination, and the divine sovereignty. The best and safest way… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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The true Indian sets no price upon either his property or his labor. His generosity is limited only by his strength and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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All religions lead to the same God, and all deserve the same respect. Anyone who chooses a religion is also choosing a… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
The manual for WordStar, the most popular word-processing program, is 400 pages thick. To write a novel, you have to read a… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
There is one purpose to life and one only: to bear witness to and understand as much as possible of the complexity… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
A lot of guys in New York will only play with an edge. They find their groove and that's their groove. to… — Fred Hersch Copy Share Image
All I really know in nonfiction is that when I come home, I've got all these notes and I'm trying to figure… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Nostalgia! I feel it even for someone who meant nothing to me, out of anxiety for the flight of time and a… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
When the stories of our life no longer bind us, we discover within them something greater. We discover that within the very… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Darkness, whether in mood or in night, is natural. So if we flow with the black bile of melancholia and endure the… — Arnold Mindell Copy Share Image
I would stay at my grandma's house on my birthday every year and I remember she had a bookshelf of murder mystery… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
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Let man only approach his own self with a deep respect, even reverence for all that the creative soul, the God-mystery within… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
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