I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.

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"The human soul is heavy, clumsy, held in the mud of the flesh. Its perceptions are still coarse and brutish. It can divine nothing clearly, nothing with certainty."

- Nikos Kazantzakis

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"The only thing I know is this: I am full of wounds and still standing on my feet."

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"True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create their own."

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"In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can."

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"In order to succeed. We must first believe that we can."

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"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."

- Epictetus

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"Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there someday."

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"Small is not just a stepping stone. Small is a great destination itself."

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"The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing."

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"As for you, you will join your ancestors in peace and be buried after a good long life."

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