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"I long for eternity because there I shall meet my unwritten poems and my unpainted pictures."

"Every thought I have imprisoned in expression I must free by my deeds."

"Seven centuries ago seven white doves rose from a deep valley flying to the snow-white summit of the mountain. One of the seven men who watched the flight said, “I see a black spot on the wing of the seventh dove.”
To-day the people in that valley tell of seven black doves that flew to the summit of the snowy mountain."

"Should you sit upon a cloud you would not see the boundary line between one country and another, nor the boundary stone between a farm and a farm.
It is a pity you cannot sit upon a cloud."

"You may forget the one with whom you have laughed, but never the one with whom you have wept."

"A woman protested saying, “Of course it was a righteous war. My son fell in it.”"

"Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too self-ful to see other than itself."

"Solitude is a silent storm that breaks down all our dead branches;
Yet it sends our living roots deeper into the living heart of the living earth."

"Strange that we all defend our wrongs with more vigour than we do our rights."

"Your saying to me, “I do not understand you,” is praise beyond my worth, and an insult you do not deserve."

"How often have I attributed to myself crimes I have never committed, so that the other person may feel comfortable in my presence."

"Those who give you a serpent when you ask for a fish may have nothing but serpents to give. It is then generosity on their part."

"Your mind and my heart will never agree until your mind ceases to live in numbers and my heart in the mist."

"Only great sorrow or great joy can reveal your truth.
If you would be revealed you must either dance naked in the sun, or carry your cross."

"In vain shall a poet seek the mother of the songs of his heart."

"He who would understand a woman, or dissect genius, or solve the mystery of silence is the very man who would wake from a beautiful dream to sit at a breakfast table."

"Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it, but it divides us from truth."

"How noble is the sad heart who would sing a joyous song with joyous hearts."

"Our mind is a sponge; our heart is a stream.
Is it not strange that most of us choose sucking rather than running?"

"Paradise is there, behind that door, in the next room; but I have lost the key.
Perhaps I have only mislaid it."

"How can I lose faith in the justice of life, when the dreams of those who sleep upon feathers are not more beautiful than the dreams of those who sleep upon the earth?"

Good explanation of the demographic and sociological dynamics behind the Culture Revolution.

"FERREIRA: Distant objects always seem beautiful. What is beyond reach always attracts. That is why one's memories are always beautiful."