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Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.

Hermann Hesse

Theory is knowledge that doesn’t work. Practice is when everything works and you don’t know why.
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Funny Knowledge Practice Theory
No permanence is ours, we are a wave that flows to fit whatever form it finds.
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Ourselves Philosophy
Solitude is independence.
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Alone Creativity Independence One Liner Solitude
You must find your dream, then the way becomes easy.
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Dream Easy Inspirational Way
I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.
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Believe Faith Goodness Inspirational Transformation
Opinions mean nothing; they may be beautiful or ugly, clever or foolish, anyone can embrace or reject them.
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Beautiful Clever Opinion
A longing to wander tears my heart when I hear trees rustling in the wind at evening.
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Heart Myself Nature Tears Tree
The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must first destroy a world. The bird flies to God. The God’s name is Abraxas.
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Born Destroy Fight God Philosophy World
Because the world is so full of death and horror, I try again and again to console my heart and pick the flowers that grow in the midst of hell.
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Flower Heart Try
I began to understand that suffering and disappointments and melancholy are there not to vex us or cheapen us or deprive us of our dignity but to mature and transfigure us.
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Dignity Disappointment Suffering Understand
When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.
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Deal Sanity
A tree has something to say to us: Be still! Be still! Look at me!… Home is within you, or home is nowhere at all.
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Apperance Home Tree
As a body everyone is single, as a soul never.
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Being Single Literature Soul
Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.
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Positive Time Yourself
Everything becomes a little different as soon as it is spoken out loud.
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Communication Deep Different Talk
When the suffering becomes acute enough, one goes forward.
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Enough Investment Suffering

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