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We live in all we seek.


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How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.

How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.



No one escapes the wilderness on the way to the promised land.

No one escapes the wilderness on the way to the promised land.



At a certain point, you say to the woods, to the sea, to the mountains, the world, Now I am ready. Now I will stop and be wholly attentive. You empty yourself and wait, listening.

At a certain point, you say to the woods, to the sea, to the mountains, the world, Now I am ready. Now I will stop and be wholly attentive. You empty yourself and wait, listening.



A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time.

A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time.



As a life's work, I would remember everything - everything, against loss. I would go through life like a plankton net.

As a life's work, I would remember everything - everything, against loss. I would go through life like a plankton net.



Experiencing the present purely is being empty and hollow; you catch grace as a man fills his cup under a waterfall.

Experiencing the present purely is being empty and hollow; you catch grace as a man fills his cup under a waterfall.



According to Inuit culture in Greenland, a person possesses six or seven souls. The souls take the form of tiny people scattered throughout the body.

According to Inuit culture in Greenland, a person possesses six or seven souls. The souls take the form of tiny people scattered throughout the body.



The answer must be, I think, that beauty and grace are performed whether or not we will or sense them. The least we can do is try to be there.

The answer must be, I think, that beauty and grace are performed whether or not we will or sense them. The least we can do is try to be there.



I had been my whole life a bell, and never knew it until at that moment I was lifted and struck.

I had been my whole life a bell, and never knew it until at that moment I was lifted and struck.



The dedicated life is worth living. You must give with your whole heart.

The dedicated life is worth living. You must give with your whole heart.





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Beautiful tunes are all very good and fine, and great musicians are always great, but that alone isn't enough.

Beautiful tunes are all very good and fine, and great musicians are always great, but that alone isn't enough.



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