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When you stand in front of a person, empty your cup and stand as a mirror. Let them pour all their hopes and dreams, their passions, their purpose, their tragedies, their triumphs, their culture, their language, everything - let them pour everything that they are, into you. Become so profoundly empty of yourself, that everyone can see themselves in you - become a mirror to the world.
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― Azad Earth Army: When The World Cries Blood
― Azad Earth Army: When The World Cries Blood
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We Orientals tend to seek our satisfactions in whatever surroundings we happen to find ourselves, to content ourselves with things as they are; and so darkness causes us no discontent, we resign ourselves to it as inevitable. If light is scarce, then light is scarce; we will immerse ourselves in the darkness and there discover its own particular beauty. But the progressive Westerner is determined always to better his lot. From candle to oil lamp, oil lamp to gaslight, gaslight to electric light—
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― In Praise of Shadows
― In Praise of Shadows
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