"The deepest words of the wise man teach us the same as the whistle of the wind when it blows or the sound of the water when it is flowing."

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Source : Antonio Machado (2011). “Times Alone: Selected Poems of Antonio Machado”, p.69, Wesleyan University Press

Antonio Machado

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“We did like 12 shows, then we did the entire Ozzfest with the first half completely booked; then we did the second half with a couple days off here and there”
“The moon has set, and the Pleiades; it is midnight, and time passes, and I sleep alone.”

Source : Fragment 94
“What do we look for as reward? Some little sounds, and scents, and scenes A small hand darting strawberry-ward A woman's aprons full of greens. The sense that we have brought to birth Out of the cold and heavy soil, The blessed fruits and flowers of earth Is large reward for our toil.”
“The possessor of a sound heart puts to test his power by entering into big adventures.”
“... The decrees of the Sovereign Ordainer, as related to fate and predestination, are of two kinds. Both are to be obeyed and accepted. The one is irrevocable, the other is, as termed by men, impending. To the former all must unreservedly submit, inasmuch as it is fixed and settled. God however, is able to alter or repeal it. As the harm that must result from such a change will be greater than if the decree had remained unaltered, all, therefore, should willingly acquiesce in what God hath willed and confidently abide by the same.”
“It makes me so desperately sad to witness just how unforgivably wretched our world has become.”
“As entrepreneurs, we must continue to ask ourselves 'What's next?' It takes humility to realize that we don't know everything, not to rest on our laurels and know that we must keep learning and observing.”

Source : "HTC's Cher Wang on Innovation and the 'It' Product". Interview with Jason Fell, www.entrepreneur.com. July 13, 2012.
“All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.”

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