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The pleasure and sadness of youth is that the speed of its passing is never thought about; and so you say that you will do this or that in a year, in five years, only to wake up one morning to realize that what you thought was infinitely prolonged has ended.

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T. S. Eliot

Philosophy: a purple bullfinch in a lilac tree.

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Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

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We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.

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Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.

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April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.

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If we really want to pray we must first learn to listen, for in the silence of the heart God speaks.

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