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Man is an imagining being.


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The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one hears its truth.

The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one hears its truth.



One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it.

One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it.



If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.

If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.



Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event.

Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event.



What is the source of our first suffering? It lies in the fact that we hesitated to speak... It was born in the moment when we accumulated silent things within us.

What is the source of our first suffering? It lies in the fact that we hesitated to speak... It was born in the moment when we accumulated silent things within us.



Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which knows the plenitude of the soul.

Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which knows the plenitude of the soul.



A house that has been experienced is not an inert box. Inhabited space transcends geometrical space.

A house that has been experienced is not an inert box. Inhabited space transcends geometrical space.




Our house is our corner of the world.

Our house is our corner of the world.



Rilke wrote: 'These trees are magnificent, but even more magnificent is the sublime and moving space between them, as though with their growth it too increased.

Rilke wrote: 'These trees are magnificent, but even more magnificent is the sublime and moving space between them, as though with their growth it too increased.





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Gratitude, not guilt, as motivation is always His starting point, thus guilt as a motivation leads nowhere.



One who conquers others is great, one who conquers the world is mighty, but one who conquers himself is divine.

One who conquers others is great, one who conquers the world is mighty, but one who conquers himself is divine.



To be supportive of myself, I have to go with what I want to do. I started acting and I was so mesmerized.

To be supportive of myself, I have to go with what I want to do. I started acting and I was so mesmerized.



People loved their horses, too. But you don't keep riding your horse to work just because you love it.

People loved their horses, too. But you don't keep riding your horse to work just because you love it.



When you're doing a show like 'The Book of Mormon,' you're completely spent by the time the show is over.

When you're doing a show like 'The Book of Mormon,' you're completely spent by the time the show is over.



I love you without knowing how, why, or even from where

I love you without knowing how, why, or even from where



Love wants everything without condition, love has no law.

Love wants everything without condition, love has no law.



Practice justice in word and deed, and do not get in the habit of acting thoughtlessly about anything.

Practice justice in word and deed, and do not get in the habit of acting thoughtlessly about anything.




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