I desire that there be as many different persons in the world as possible; I would have each … - Henry David Thoreau

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My biggest superhero of writing is Jorge Luis Borges, the Argentine fabulist. He's an amazingly perceptive writer, but also willing to make a joke.

Henry David Thoreau

I desire that there be as many different persons in the world as possible; I would have each one be very careful to find out and preserve his own way.

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Simplify your life. Don't waste the years struggling for things that are unimportant. Don't burden yourself with possessions. Keep your needs and wants simple and enjoy what you have. Don't destroy your peace of mind by looking back, worrying about the past. Live in the present. Simplify!

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It's the beauty within us that makes it possible for us to recognize the beauty around us. The question is not what you look at but what you see.

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I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.

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You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this, or the like of this. I wish to live ever as to derive my satisfactions and inspirations from the commonest events, everyday phenomena, so that what my senses hourly perceive, my daily walk, the conversation of my neighbors, may inspire me, and I may dream of no heaven but that which lies about me.

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It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

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When we play, we sense no limitations. In fact, when we are playing, we are usually unaware of ourselves. Self-observation goes out the window. We forget all those past lessons of life, forget our potential foolishness, forget ourselves. We immerse ourselves in the act of play. And we become free.

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Cato the Elder

Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.

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If you become so intensely curious that without knowing you cannot live, that is called seeking.

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[On Las Vegas:] I love that town. No clocks. No locks. No restrictions.

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