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The Moon and Pleiades have set, Midnight is nigh, The time is passing, passing, yet Alone I lie.
SapphoSappho I would not think to touch the sky with two arms
SapphoSappho In gold sandals / dawn like a thief / fell upon me.
SapphoSappho What cannot be said will be wept.
SapphoSappho Someone, I tell you, in another time will remember us.
SapphoSappho Once again love drives me on, that loosener of limbs, bittersweet creature against which nothing can be done.
SapphoSappho Dancing up the full moon Round some fair new altar Trample the soft blossoms of fine grass.
SapphoSappho When anger spreads through the breath, guard thy tongue from barking idly.
SapphoSappho No honey for me, if it comes with a bee.
SapphoSappho Whatever one loves most is beautiful.
SapphoSappho For some the fairest thing on the dark earth is Thermopylae, And the Spartan phalanx lowering lances to die.
SapphoSappho All the while, believe me, I prayed our night would last twice as long.
SapphoSappho Would Jove appoint some flower to reign, in matchless beauty on the plain, the Rose (mankind will all agree). The Rose the queen of flowers should be.
SapphoSappho If you are squeamish Don’t prod the beach rubble.
SapphoSappho I do not know what to do, my mind’s in two.
SapphoSappho I will let my body flow like water over the gentle cushions.
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Between calculated risk and reckless decision-making lies the dividing line between profit and loss.
Charles DuhiggCharles Duhigg I will never know how you see red and you will never know how I see it. But this separation of consciousness is recognized only after a failure of communication, and our first movement is to believe in an undivided being between us.
Maurice Merleau PontyMaurice Merleau Ponty Between animal and human medicine, there is no dividing line-nor should there be.
Rudolf VirchowRudolf Virchow She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separating its numerous strands, appreciating its subtle nuances. She was a prism through which sadness could be divided into its infinite spectrum.
Jonathan Safran FoerJonathan Safran Foer The intellect always cuts and divides like a pair of scissors. The heart sews things together and unites like a needle. The tailor uses both.
Mata AmritanandamayiMata Amritanandamayi If religion becomes a cause of dislike, hatred and division, it would be better to be without it… Any religion which is not a cause of love and unity is no religion.
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha If religion becomes a cause of dislike, hatred and division it were better to be without it.
Abdu'l-BahaAbdu'l-Baha This perception of division between the seer and the object that is seen, is situated in the mind. For those remaining in the heart, the seer becomes one with the sight.
Ramana MaharshiRamana Maharshi
