The day that hunger is eradicated from the earth there will be the greatest spiritual explosion the world has ever known. Humanity cannot imagine the joy that will burst into the world.

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Those who are afraid of death will carry it on their shoulders.

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Only mystery allows us to live, only mystery.

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Every step we take on earth brings us to a new world.

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The terrible, cold, cruel part is Wall Street. Rivers of gold flow there from all over the earth, and death comes with it. There, as nowhere else, you feel a total absence of the spirit: herds of men who cannot count past three, herds more who cannot get past six, scorn for pure science and demoniacal respect for the present. And the terrible thing is that the crowd that fills the street believes that the world will always be the same and that it is their duty to keep that huge machine running, day and night, forever.

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The snow is falling on the deserted field of my life, and my hopes, which roam far, are afraid of becoming frozen or lost.

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The important thing in life is to let the years carry us along.

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At the heart of all great art is an essential melancholy.

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To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves.

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Love is the kiss in the quiet nest while the leaves are trembling, mirrored in the water.

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