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“You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created.”
― Albert Einstein

“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”
― St. Augustine

“Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.”
― Henry Ward Beecher

“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

“Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?”
― Abraham Lincoln

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“For money you can have everything it is said. No, that is not true. You can buy food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; soft beds, but not sleep; knowledge but not intelligence; glitter, but not comfort; fun, but not pleasure; acquaintances, but not friendship; servants, but not faithfulness; grey hair, but not honor; quiet days, but not peace. The shell of all things you can get for money. But not the kernel. That cannot be had for money.”
― Arne Garborg

“The Wilderness holds answers to more questions than we have yet learned to ask.”
― Nancy Newhall

“You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you.”
― Jane Austen, Persuasion