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Earth and sea merged, the sea tossed itself in the air in a fantastic dance, into the shapes of men and horses…
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There is nothing like being left alone again, to walk peacefully with oneself in the woods. To boil one's coffee and fill…
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But now the world breaks in on us, the world is shocked, the world looks upon our idyll as madness. The world…
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I was conscious all the time that I was following mad whims without being able to do anything about it … .…
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Were I more conversant with literature and its great names, I could go on quoting them ad infinitum and acknowledge my debt…
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In my solitude, many miles from men and houses, I am in a childishly happy and carefree state of mind, which you…
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Heaven knows that there are plenty of opportunities in later life, too, for being carried away. What of it? We remain what…
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Today riches and honours have been lavished on me, but one gift has been lacking, the most important one of all, the…
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I stood in the lee of an overhanging rock and thought of many things.
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When good befalls a man he calls it Providence, when evil fate.
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No, what I should really like to do right now, in the full blaze of lights, before this illustrious assembly, is to…
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What if one were up there, drifting about among suns and feeling the tails of comets fan one's forehead! How small the…
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Does this mean we will always understand our challenges? Won't all of us, sometime, have reason to ask, 'O God, where art…
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All things are bound together, all things connect. Whatever befalls the earth, befalls also the children of the earth.
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Whatever evil befalls us, we ought to ask ourselves... how we can turn it into good. So shall we take occasion, from…
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All things are connected. Whatever befalls the Earth, befalls the children of the Earth.
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Nothing befalls a man except what is in his nature to endure.
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Happiness or sorrow- whatever befalls you, walk on untouched, unattached.
— Gautama Buddha
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Love only what befalls you and is spun for you by fate.
— Marcus Aurelius
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On the occasion of every accident that befalls you, remember to turn to yourself and inquire what power you have for turning…
— Epictetus
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The saddest thing that befalls a soul is when it loses faith in god and woman.
— Alexander Smith
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But if I have once overcome my heart, and am contented through the grace of God in my heart, then this makes…
— Jeremiah Burroughs
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No great inner event befalls those who summon it not
— Maurice Maeterlinck
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Be quick to do good. If you are slow, The mind, delighting in mischief, Will catch you. Turn away from mischief. Again…
— Gautama Buddha
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