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Victor Hugo

So long as man is a child, God wills him to be innocent.

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Victor Hugo

The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

Envy |

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Viktor Frankl, fully Viktor Emil Frankl

When a man finds that it is his destiny to suffer, he will have to accept his suffering as his task. . . . He will have to acknowledge the fact that even in suffering he is unique and alone in the universe. No one can relieve him of his suffering or suffer in his place. His unique opportunity lies in the way in which he bears his burden.

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Viktor Frankl, fully Viktor Emil Frankl

The point is not what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us.

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Victor Hugo

Where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incident, chaos will soon reign.

Envy | Genius |

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Atharva Veda, or Atharvaveda

Behold and Acknowledge the Glory that you have witnessed; proclaim the joy that you have experienced; confer the Grace that you have earned.

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Rig Veda, or The Rigveda

Sages discovered this link of the existent to the nonexistent, having searched in the heart with wisdom.

People | Praise |

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Atharva Veda, or Atharvaveda

He performs worship ceremonies, applies the ceremonial tilak mark to his forehead, and takes his ritual cleansing baths; he pulls out his knife, and demands donations.

Praise |

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Atharva Veda, or Atharvaveda

In his hearth and home, in his palace, upon his soft and comfortable bed, day and night, the flower-girls scatter flower petals; but without the Lord's Name, the body is miserable. Horses, elephants, lances, marching bands, armies, standard bearers, royal attendants and ostentatious displays - without the Lord of the Universe, these undertakings are all useless.

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Atharva Veda, or Atharvaveda

You people are unconscious; you should be afraid of sin.

Envy | Evil | Heart | Rest |

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Atharva Veda, or Atharvaveda

The same gold is fashioned into various articles; just so, the Lord has made the many patterns of the creation.

Praise | Worship |

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Atharva Veda, or Atharvaveda

You must be uncomfortable when those around you are unhappy; when you ease their discomfort, you are making them happy and making yourself happy, isn't it?

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Ursula Le Guin, fully Ursula Kroeber Le Guin

He was appalled by the examination system, when it was explained to him, he could not imagine a greater deterrent to the natural wish to learn than this pattern of cramming in information and disgorging it on demand.

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Ursula Le Guin, fully Ursula Kroeber Le Guin

They knew that their anarchism was the product of a very high civilization, of a complex diversified culture, of a stable economy and a highly industrialized technology that could maintain high production and rapid transportation of goods. However vast the distances separating settlements, they held to the ideal of complex organicism.