"It is easy to believe we are each waves and forget we are also the ocean."

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Source : Jon J Muth, Jon J. Muth (2015). “Zen Ties”, p.43, Scholastic Inc.

Jon J Muth

#Wisdom Quotes #Believe Quotes #Ocean Quotes

“Without earnestness no man is ever great, or does really great things. He may be the cleverest of men; he may be brilliant, entertaining, popular; but he will want weight. No soul-moving picture was ever painted that had not in it depth of shadow.”

Source : Peter Bayne (1879). “Lessons from My Masters, Carlyle, Tennyson and Ruskin”
“A man is as much affected pleasurably or painfully by the image of a thing past or future as by the image of a thing present.”
“In the end we all come to be cured of our sentiments.”
“To every rule there is an exceptionâ€”and an idiot ready to demonstrate it. Don't be the one!”
“You have yourself and your instinct - there isn't anything else at the end of the day.”
“Western funerals: black hearses, and black horses, and fast-fading flowers. Why should black be the colour of death? Why not the colours of a sunset?”

Source : Daniele Varè (1954). “Novels of Yen-Ching”
“Better guide the young than reclaim them when old For the voice of true wisdom is calling "To rescue the fallen is good, but tis best To prevent other people from falling" Better close up the source of temptation and crime Than deliver from dungeon or gallery Better put a strong fence round the top of the cliff Than an ambulance down in the valley.”
“I was never less alone than when by myself.”

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