And they write innumerable books, being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation and dodging his emptiness.

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Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

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The journey not the arrival matters.

The journey, not the arrival, matters.

So the darkness shall be the light and the stillness the dancing.

So the darkness shall be the light and the stillness the dancing.

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A toothache or a violent passion is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its causes, its character, its importance, or insignificance.

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