“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing
and rightdoing there is a field.
I'll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass
the world is too full to talk about.”
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and rightdoing there is a field.
I'll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass
the world is too full to talk about.”
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“From whence shall we expect the approach of danger? Shall some trans-Atlantic military giant step the earth and crush us at a blow? Never. All the armies of Europe and Asia...could not by force take a drink from the Ohio River or make a track on the Blue Ridge in the trial of a thousand years. No, if destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of free men we will live forever or die by suicide.”
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“خنده زدن لب نمی خواد
:داریه و دُمبَک نمی خواد
یه دل میخواد که شاد باشه
از بند غم آزاد باشه”
― قصهی مردی که لب نداشت
:داریه و دُمبَک نمی خواد
یه دل میخواد که شاد باشه
از بند غم آزاد باشه”
― قصهی مردی که لب نداشت
“الحياة الإنسانية لا تحدث إلا مرة واحدة، ولن يكون في وسعنا أبدا أن نتحقق أي قرار هو الجيد وأي قرار هو السيئ، لأننا في كل الحالات لا يُمكننا إلا أن نقرر مرة واحدة. لأنه لم تعط لنا حياة ثانية أو ثالثة أو رابعة حتى نستطيع أن نقارن بين قرارات مختلفة.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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