The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

Madeleine L'Engle

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It is in dialogue with pain that many beautiful things acquire their value.

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Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.

This is what you shall do; Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people.

Loss is not as bad as wanting more.

It's on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly.

Sometimes you have to shut your eyes, so you can see the real beauty.

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