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It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it.
- W. H. Auden
Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colours, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night.
- Rainer Maria Rilke
A man lives by believing something, not by debating and arguing about many things.
- Thomas Carlyle
The most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, familiar things new.
- William Thackeray
Fasting in the monastic community is considered an ascetic practice, a “dhutanga” practice. Dhutanga means “to shake up” or “invigoration”. The Buddha, as is well known, emphasized moderation, the Middle Way that avoids extremes, in all things. Fasting is an additional method that one can take up, with supervision, for a time.
- A Spiritual Leader
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
- George Washington
Learning from other people's mistakes is better than making your own. And it is easier to live lonely than to have a broken heart.
- Aria Adams
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