They see only their shadows, and their shadows are their laws.
("The Prophet")
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Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow.
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Your house shall be not an anchor but a mast.
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Am I a harp that the hand of the mighty may touch me, or a flute that his breath may pass through me?
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For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning. Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun, so shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.
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