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Browse the major concepts that shape our lives, like love, courage, and happiness.
“First winter rain, the world and I are young.
“The world is a dream, why wake up?
“The only real prison is fear.
“A good book doesn't just entertain; it reads you, revealing truths you already held.
“A poem breathes, a quiet force, transforming air into resonant presence, pure being.
“Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter it take with you your all.
“Imagination is nothing but the memory of our sensations and experiences.
“Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
“Happiness lies in the purification of the soul and the heart.
“The great thing, if one can, is to stop regarding all the unpleasant things as interruptions of one's 'real' life.
“I desire that my eyes may always keep the candid innocence of children.
“Happiness, he thought, was the ability to forget.
“A book is a silent teacher, a loyal companion, a friend without flattery.
“Ignorance is not knowing that all things are like an illusion.
“Leisure is the mother of philosophy.
“Give up the ego, realize the Self. This is liberation.
“To live is like loving: surrender body and soul, without fear.
“The word 'happiness' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.
“Let us crown ourselves with roses, let us drink wine.