Desire makes everything blossom; possession makes everything wither and fade.

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All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.

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I have no desires, save the desire to express myself in defiance of all the world’s muteness.

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Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little. ― Edmund Burke

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We try to create a situation where we're the casino. It's like how an actuary would set insurance rates. Predictability, predictability, predictability. What's the path to least risk? What's the greater chance of getting some return on this asset? -Billy Beane

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A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss... That's the trade-off. But I'll take it all. — Brad Pitt

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the highest point a man can attain is not Knowledge, or Virtue, or Goodness, or Victory, but something even greater, more heroic and more despairing: Sacred Awe!

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There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure. ― Paulo Coelho

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To bear the cross means that you refrain from doing what you have the power to do. You are qualified to fulfill your desire, yet you refrain from doing so. A person like this is the strongest person. The strongest person is not the one who is able to do something, but the one who is able not to do what he has the power to do.

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There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man. ― Patrick Rothfuss

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