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

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"You don’t have to sit outside in the dark. If, however, you want to look at the stars, you will find that darkness is necessary. But the stars neither require nor demand it."

- Annie Dillard

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

- Annie Dillard

Awareness

"The surest sign of age is loneliness."

- Annie Dillard

Aspirations

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

- Annie Dillard

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"There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind."

- Annie Dillard

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"As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives."

- Henry David Thoreau

Mindfulness

"Your body can stand almost anything. It’s your mind that you have to convince."

- Anon

Mindfulness

"You have to think it before you can do it. The mind is what makes it all possible."

- Kai Greene

Mindfulness

"Your mind is the key to your body’s strength."

- Unknown

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"Your limits are all in your mind."

- Unknown

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