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“She listened to the soft splashing sound when the water met the bank. It took just a few moments before she was able to completely fade out the smell of pollution and inhaled the salty air. The sof...”
“The old man knew he was going far out and he left the smell of the land behind and rowed out into the clean early morning smell of the ocean.”
“Want is always hungry and searching whereas contentment is steady, calm and receiving.”
“He says, 'Anything could be happening down there, but up here you just wouldn't know it.'I know what he means. It could be pandemonium in all those little houses, everyone's dreams in a mess. But u...”
“There are three things in life...not worrying what they are, not caring what others may think they are, and enjoying the wonder of what they might be.”
“You’ve seen for yourself that when a sad person enters a room, the mood in the room drops. And when you talk to a cheerful person who is full of energy, you automatically feel a boost. I’m suggesti...”
“Knowledge is courage understanding brings calmness and humility”
“As it was, she gave him the single most important gift a parent can give—“a sense of unconditional love that was big enough that, with all the surface disturbances of our lives, it sustained me, en...”
“There is a fullness and calmness there which can come only from knowing pain.”
“...I got to love solitude - to see the Moon rise and set - I had time to watch it trace the window square across the wall in silent grace...”
