Many a calm river begins as a turbulent waterfall, yet none hurtles and foams all the way to the sea.

Mikhail Lermontov

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The plainest sign of wisdom is a continual cheerfulness; her state is like that of things in the regions above the moon, always clear and serene.

Michel de Montaigne

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

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