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May kingship benefit the land,
And wisdom grow in scholars’ band;
May Shiva see my faith on earth
And make me free of all rebirth.

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We have watered the trees that blossom in the summer-time. Now let's sprinkle those whose flowering-time is past. That will be a better deed, because we shall not be working for a reward.

To be a king, is to be a disappointed man.

A good man never lets grief get the upper hand. The mountains are calm even in a tempest.

What is intended to be said, if left unsaid, becomes a matter of regret later.

A bee may be born in a hole in a tree, but she likes the honey of the lotus.

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Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

William James The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy (1897)

Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.

Thomas Jefferson Letter to Peter Carr (1787)

I had never doubted my own abilities, but I was quite prepared to believe that "the world" would decline to recognize them.

Colin Wilson Postscript to the Outsider (1967)

Love is the active, working principle in all true faith. It is its very soul, without which it is dead. "Faith works by love."

Jonathan Edwards Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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