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Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit.

Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.

While we are postponing, life speeds by.

True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched — they must be felt with the heart.