Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle. -Napoleon Hill

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Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes. ― Alan Watts

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After moral poisoning, one requires physical remedies and a bottle of champagne.

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A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe. ― Madeleine L'Engle

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One of the basic rules of the universe is that nothing is perfect. Perfection simply doesn't exist.....Without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist

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But I'll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you'll come to understand that you're connected with everything. ― Alan Watts

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After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all? ― Neil deGrasse Tyson

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I am convinced that life in a physical body is meant to be an ecstatic experience

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The Universe doesn't like secrets. It conspires to reveal the truth, to lead you to it. ― Lisa Unger

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The world is filled with love-play, from animal lust to sublime compassion. ― Alan Watts

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