Nothing comes from nothing.
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Anand Thakur
Nothing comes from nothing.
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Not they who reject the gods are profane, but those who accept them.
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These the senses we trust, first, last, and always.
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Now come: that thou mayst able be to know That minds and the light souls of all that live Have mortal birth and death, I will go on Verses to build meet for thy rule of life, Sought after long, discovered with sweet toil.
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Life is one long struggle in the dark.
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Why dost thou not retire like a guest sated with the banquet of life, and with calm mind embrace, thou fool, a rest that knows no care?
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Fear is the mother of all gods … Nature does all things spontaneously, by herself, without the meddling of the gods.
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Those things that are in the light we behold from darkness.
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Gently touching with the charm of poetry.
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Thus, then, the All that is is limited In no one region of its onward paths, For then ‘tmust have forever its beyond.
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We plainly perceive that the mind strengthens and decays with the body.
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How is it that the sky feeds the stars?
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For thee the wonder-working earth puts forth sweet flowers.
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Forbear to spew out reason from your mind, but rather ponder everything with keen judgment; and if it seems true, own yourself vanquished, but, if it is false, gird up your loins to fight.
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No matter how difficult a task may look.. Persistence and steady action will get you through.
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You may complete as many generations as you please during your life; none the less will that everlasting death await you.
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