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We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.

Hermann Hesse

Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.
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Leadership Responsibility Thinking
Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.
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Laughter Learning Serious
The truth is lived, not taught.
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Learning Literature Truth
Solitude is independence.
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Alone Creativity Independence One Liner Solitude
If time is not real, then the dividing line between this world and eternity, between suffering and bliss, between good and evil, is also an illusion.
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Evil Real Time
Art is the contemplation of the world in a state of grace.
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Art Grace World
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
Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal.
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Freedom Goal Inspirational
Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.
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Hold On Let Go Life Love Strength
A magic dwells in each beginning, protecting us, telling us how to live.
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Beginning Live Magic Protection
Not in his speech, not in his thoughts, I see his greatness, only in his actions, in his life.
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Action Greatness Life Myself
It taught him how to listen — how to listen with a quiet heart and a waiting soul, open soul, without passion, without desire, without judgment, without opinion.
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Desire Heart Judgement Listening Opinion Passion Wait
You can ride, you can travel with a friend of your own; The final step you must take alone. No wisdom is better than this when known: That every hard thing is done alone.
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Alone Friendship Travel Yourself
You must find your dream, then the way becomes easy.
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Dream Easy Inspirational Way
You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to themselves. A whole society composed of men afraid of the unknown within them!
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Afraid People Philosophy
What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you seek too much, that as a result of your seeking you cannot find.
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Literature Seek Value

We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.

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