Best be still; best be empty. In stillness and emptiness we find where to abide. Talking and moving we lose the place.

Lao Tzu

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He who sits alone, sleeps alone, and walks alone, who is strenuous and subdues himself alone, will find delight in the solitude of the forest.

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