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We are great fools... Say we: 'I have done nothing to-day.' What? Have you not lived? That is not only the fundamental, but the most illustrious of all your occupations... Have you known how to regulate your conduct, you have done a great deal more than [one] who has composed books. Have you known how to take repose, you have done more than [one] who has taken cities and empires.

Montaigne
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How do I listen?

How
Do I
Listen to others?
As if everyone were my
Master
Speaking to me
. . .
Cherished
Last
Words.

Hafiz

My hut lies in the middle of a dense forest. Every year the ivy grows longer. No news of the affairs of humans. Only the occasional song of a woodcutter. The sun shines, I mend my robe. When the moon is out I read poems. I have nothing to report to my friends. If you want to find the true meaning Stop chasing after so many things.

Ryokan
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Let's eat

Why Just show you God's menu? Hell, we are all Starving-- Let's Eat!

Hafiz

Nada te turbe, Nada te espante; Todo se pasa; Dios no se muda; La paciencia todo lo alcanza; Quien a Dios tiene nada le falta; Solo Dios basta.

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(Let nothing disturb you, nothing frighten you; Everything passes; God doesn't change; Patience attains all; Who has God lacks nothing; God alone is enough.)

Written on a bookmark of Teresa de Avila
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