The best things can’t be told because they transcend thought.
The second best are misunderstood, because those are the thoughts that are supposed to refer to that which can’t be thought about.
The third best are what we talk about.
- Immanuel Kant (from “The Power of Myth” by Joseph Campbell)
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Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
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- Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. He attracts and follows.
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- Jean Paul
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Faith is to believe what we do not see, and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe.
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- Augustine
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Alas, two souls are living in my breast,
And one wants to separate itself from the other.
One holds fast to the world with earthy passion
And clings with twining tendrils:
The other lifts itself with forceful craving
To the very roof of heaven.
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- Goethe (Faust)
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All that we behold is full of blessings.
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- William Wordsworth
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The real journey of discovery lies not in seeing new lands, but in seeing with new eyes.
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