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We had the experience but missed the meaning. And approach to the meaning restores the experience in a different form.

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Where does one go from a world of insanity? Somewhere on the other side of despair.
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Sanity Suffering World
Most of the evil in this world is done by people with good intentions.
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Evil Goodness Intention People World
For last year’s words belong to last year’s language and next year’s words await another voice.
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Change Language Voice Word
Only by acceptance of the past, can you alter it
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Acceptance Past
Men dislike being awakened from their death in life.
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Death Deep Life Man
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me.
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Fantasy Myself Sing Thinking
I will show you fear in a handful of dust.
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Fear Myself Yourself
Every experience is a paradox in that it means to be absolute, and yet is relative; in that it somehow always goes beyond itself and yet never escapes itself.
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Beyond Escape Experience
There’s no vocabulary For love within a family, love that’s lived in But not looked at, love within the light of which All else is seen, the love within which All other love finds speech. This love is silent.
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Deep Family Light Love See Silence Talk
The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.
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Ink Literature Poet Purpose
Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only the dance.
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Dance Exception
It’s not wise to violate the rules until you know how to observe them.
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Rule See Wisdom
No one can become really educated without having pursued some study in which he took no interest- for it is a part of education to learn to interest ourselves in subjects for which we have no aptitude.
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Education Himself Interest Learning Ourselves Pursue
The visible reminder of Invisible Light.
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God Light One Liner Prayer
You are the music while the music lasts.
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Last Music Yourself
I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, and I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, and in short, I was afraid.
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Fear Greatness Moments Myself See

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