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Inside an oasis, there are many little deserts.
Inside an oasis, there are many little deserts.
Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.
Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.
 The solitary side of our nature demands leisure for reflection 
upon subjects on which the dash and whirl of read more 
 The solitary side of our nature demands leisure for reflection 
upon subjects on which the dash and whirl of daily business, so 
long as its clouds rise thick about us, forbid the intellect to 
fasten itself. 
 Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is 
incumbent on me to know my read more 
 Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is 
incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know 
its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very 
atoms. 
The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit read more
The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.
There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the read more
There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking, and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord
 The next time you go out to a smoking party, young feller, fill 
your pipe with that 'ere reflection.  
 The next time you go out to a smoking party, young feller, fill 
your pipe with that 'ere reflection. 
Democracy is the art of thinking independently together
Democracy is the art of thinking independently together
Can the believing husband in Heaven be happy with his unbelieving wife in Hell? Can the believing father in Heaven read more
Can the believing husband in Heaven be happy with his unbelieving wife in Hell? Can the believing father in Heaven be happy with his unbelieving children in Hell? Can the loving wife in Heaven be happy with her unbelieving husband in Hell? I tell