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Idleness and the Inner Smile
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In ancient China, the Taoists taught that a constant inner smile to oneself insured health, happiness and longevity. Why? Smiling to oneself is like basking in love: you become your own best friend. Living with an inner smile is to live in harmony with yourself.
~ Mantak Chia
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It’s that weird time of day when I can’t decide if I need a cookie, a coffee, a good cry, or a retreat to the wilderness and live among the woodland creatures.
~ From ‘Away With The Faeries’
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You learn for yourself, not for others, not to show off, not to belittle others / learning is your secret, it’s all you have, it’s the only thing you can call your own. no one can take it away…
Art is the guarantee of sanity.
~ Louise Bourgeois (25 December 1911–31 May 2010)
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I’m not a materialist. I, too, believe consciousness is fundamental and foundational to all that exists. The entire Kosmos has an interior and exterior that gives rise to both a subjective and objective reality. To discover is a mystical experience.
~ Max Planck
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