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- A student brings something to discuss, saying, "I don't know whether this is really good, or whether I should throw it in the wastebasket." The…
- Some people are blinded by their experience. Soldiers know how important war is. Owners of slaves learn every day how inferior subject peoples are.
- I keep following this sort of hidden river of my life, you know, whatever the topic or impulse which comes, I follow it along trustingly.…
- The things you do not have to say make you rich. Saying the things you do not have to say weakens your talk. Hearing the…
- And the things you know before you hear them; these are you and the reason you are in the world.
- Security of character would be like a compass, you know? Other people may say that this way is north, or this way might be north.…
- You and I can turn and look at the silent river and wait. We know the current is there, hidden; and there are comings and…
- Ask Me Some time when the river is ice ask me mistakes I have made. Ask me whether what I have done is my life.…
- You don't need many words if you already know what you're talking about.
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