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Quote by John Cage
The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in

The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation. – John Cage

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If this word “music” is sacred and reserved for eighteenth and nineteenth century instruments, we can substitute a more meaningful term: organization of sound. – John Cage

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We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our daily life. – John Cage

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Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand. – Henry David Thoreau, journal, 1856 January 5th

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Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit If they follow these inclinations, they will struggle and snatch from each other, and inclinations to defer or yield will die. – Xun Zi

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To enter by reason means to realize the essence through instruction and to believe that all living things share the same true nature, which isnt apparent because its shrouded by sensation and delusion. – Bodhidharma

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My heart that was rapt away by the wild cherry blossoms — will it return to my body when they scatter? – Kotomichi

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Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth. – Blaise Pascal

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Nonviolence is a good policy when the conditions permit. – Nelson Mandela

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Paradise is exactly like where you are right now… only much, much better. – Laurie Halse Anderson

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By far the greatest part of those goods which are the objects of desire, are procured by labour and they may be multiplied, not in one country alone, but in many, almost without any assignable limit, if we are disposed to bestow the labour necessary to obtain them. – David Ricardo

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