"Even Socrates, who lived a very frugal and simple life, loved to go to the market. When his students asked about this, he replied, "I love to go and see all the things I am happy without."

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Jack Kornfield

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“[Tar water] is of a nature so mild and benign and proportioned to the human constitution, as to warm without heating, to cheer but not inebriate.”
“You may have had unfair things happen to you, but the depth of your pain is an indication of the height of your future.”
“Books should, not Business, entertain the Light; And Sleep, as undisturb'd as Death, the Night.”
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.”
“It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.”
“I'd like to break some new ground, maybe in TV presenting, rather than just be an actress.”
“I like the way the prose and poetry interact.”
“Be happy for those who are happy, have compassion towards the unhappy, and maintain equanimity towards the wicked.”

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