By plucking her petals you do not gather the beauty of the flower.

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The small wisdom is like water in a glass: clear, transparent, pure. The great wisdom is like the water in the sea: dark, mysterious, impenetrable.

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I slept and dreamt that life was a joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was a joy.

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You cannot cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.

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Love is not a mere impulse, it must contain truth, which is law.

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Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.

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Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.

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The burden of the self is lightened with I laugh at myself.

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Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.

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I have spent a fortune travelling to distant shores and looked at lofty mountains and boundless oceans, and yet I haven’t found time to take a few steps from my house to look at a single dewdrop on a single blade of grass.

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