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“If we only look within, we will see he Light as if we were seeing our own image in a mirror. (122)”

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Swami Satchidananda was an Indian yoga master born on December 22, 1914, and passed away on August 9, 2002. As an author, he is renowned for his profound understanding of yoga philosophy and lifestyle. more

“We are not going to change the whole world, but we can change ourselves and feel free as birds. We can be serene even in the midst of calamities and, by our serenity, make others more tranquil. Serenity is contagious. If we smile at someone, he or she will smile back. And a smile costs nothing. We should plague everyone with joy. If we are to die in a minute, why not die happily, laughing? (136-137)”

Ifs World Feels Should Whole Joy Dies Change Laughing Minutes Cost Bird Whole World Midst Why Not Serenity Tranquility Plague Calamity Serene Contagious Tranquil

Book:Integral Yoga: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

Source: Integral Yoga: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

“No onslaught more fierce was ever seen in the savage world of beasts, where some desperate small creature armed with little teeth, alone, will spring upon a tower of horn and hide that stands above its fallen mate.”

World Littles Creatures Spring Teeth Fallen Beast Desperate Mates Fierce Savages Towers Horns Small Creatures

Book:The Lord of the Rings: One Volume

Source: The Lord of the Rings: One Volume

“Once upon a time there was what there was, and if nothing had happened there would be nothing to tell.”

Ifs Would Be Happened Once Upon A Time

Author:Charles de Lint

“She reaches in, digs her hand deep into the ball, and pulls out a slip of paper. The crowd draws in a collective breath, and then you can hear a pin drop, and I'm feeling nauseous and so desperately hoping that it's not me, that it's not me, that it's not me. Effie Trinket crosses back to the podium, smoothes the slip of paper, and reads out the name in a clear voice. And it's not me. It's Primrose Everdeen.”

Feelings Hands Names Voice Clear Paper Draws Crosses Balls Breaths Crowds Collectives Slips Pins Trinkets Effie Trinket

Book:The Hunger Games

Source: The Hunger Games

“When I break into the clearing, she's on the ground, hopelessly entangled in a net. She just has the time to reach her hand through the mesh and say my name before the spear enters her body.”

Body Hands Names Break Spears Clearing Mesh

Book:The Hunger Games

Source: The Hunger Games

“We all to some extent meet again and again the same people and certainly in some cases form a kind of family of two or three or more persons who come together life after life until all passionate relations are exhausted, the child of one life the husband, wife, brother, sister of the next. Sometimes, however, a single relationship will repeat itself, turning its revolving wheel again and again.”

Source: A Vision: The Revised 1937 Edition: The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats

“One should say before sleeping: I have lived many lives. I have been a slave and a prince. Many a beloved has sat upon my knee and I have sat upon the knees of many a beloved. Everything that has been shall be again.”

Should Has Beens Sleep Slave Knees Beloved Sat Before Sleeping

Author:William Butler Yeats

“The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter.”

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Book:Vintage Hammett

Source: Vintage Hammett

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