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Quote by Antisthenes

“It is better to fall among crows than flatterers; for those devour only the dead - these the living.”

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Antisthenes was an influential Greek philosopher, born in 445 BC and died in 365 BC. He is known for being one of the founders of Cynicism, a school of thought that emphasized living a life of virtue and simplicity. Antisthenes' teachings focused on the importance of self-discipline and the rejection of material wealth. more

“In the deep, unwritten wisdom of life there are many things to be learned that cannot be taught. We never know them by hearing them spoken, but we grow into them by experience and recognize them through understanding. Understanding is a great experience in itself, but it does not come through instruction.”

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Author:Anthony Hope

“We have so little faith in the ebb and flow of life, of love, of relationships. We leap at the flow of time and resist in terror its ebb. We are afraid it will never return. We insist on permanency, on duration, on continuity; when the only continuity possible in life, as in love, is in growth, in fluidity - in freedom.”

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Book:GIFT FROM THE SEA

Source: GIFT FROM THE SEA

“For relationships, too, must be like islands. One must accept them for what they are here and now, within their limits - islands surrounded and interrupted by the sea, continuously visited and abandoned by the tides. One must accept the serenity of the winged life, of ebb and flow, of intermittency.”

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Author:Anne Morrow Lindbergh

“Total freedom is never what one imagines and, in fact, hardly exists. It comes as a shock in life to learn that we usually only exchange one set of restrictions for another. The second set, however, is self-chosen, and therefore easier to accept.”

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