“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.”
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“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
― As You Like It
― As You Like It
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
― A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
“But if you do know what is taught by plants and weather, you are in on the gossip and can feel truly at home. The sum of a field's forces [become] what we call very loosely the 'spirit of the place.' To know the spirit of a place is to realize that you are a part of a part and that the whole is made or parts, each of which in a whole. You start with the part you are whole in.”
― The Gary Snyder Reader, Volume 1: Prose, Poetry and Translations 1952-1998
― The Gary Snyder Reader, Volume 1: Prose, Poetry and Translations 1952-1998
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