What is wisdom and treasure to one man always sounds like utter foolishness to another. Siddhartha to Govinda
("Siddhartha")
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People know, or dimly feel, that if thinking is not kept pure and keen, and if respect for the world of mind is no longer operative, ships and automobiles will soon cease to run right, the engineer's slide rule and the computations of banks and stock exchanges will forfeit validity and authority, and chaos will ensue.
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Eternity is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke.
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At the first kiss I felt something melt inside me that hurt in an exquisite way. All my longings, all my dreams and sweet anguish, All the secrets that slept deep within me came awake, Everything was transformed and enchanted, everything made sense.
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You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to themselves.
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