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Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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What a strange narrowness of mind now is that, to think the things we have not known are better than the things we have known. – Samuel Johnson

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Surely a man needs a closed place wherein he may strike root and, like the seed, become. But also he needs the great Milky Way above him and the vast sea spaces, though neither stars nor ocean serve his daily needs. РAntoine de Saint-Exup̩ry, The Wisdom of the Sands, translated from French by St

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Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty. – Frank Herbert (1920–1986), Dune Chronicles

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To finish the moment, to find the journey’s end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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