"Do you understand what’s going on here?”Hodgesaargh took another slow look at the scene. “No,” he said.“In that case’s not my job to understand this sort of thing,” said the falconer. “I wasn’t trained. Probably takes a lot of training, understanding this. That’s your job. And her job. Can you understand what’s going on when a bird’s been trained and’ll make a kill and still came back to the wrist?”“Well, no—”“There you are, then. So that’s all right. Cup of tea, was it?"
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"Man is a mystery. It needs to be unravelled, and if you spend your whole life unravelling it, don't say that you've wasted time. I am studying that mystery because I want to be a human being."
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"Time is a game played beautifully by children."
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"Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear."
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"Follow your heart, listen to your inner voice, stop caring about what others think."
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"Learn to light a candle in the darkest moments of someone’s life. Be the light that helps others see; it is what gives life its deepest significance."
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"Music is ... A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy"
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"The past has no power over the present moment."
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"To some life is a complaint, to some it is a competition and to some it is a conquest."
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"Harmony is about bringing things into balance and knowing how to go from sunrise to sunset. Mother Nature teaches this to us, in so many ways, each and every day."
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"Who values the past lives sentimentally. Who optimizes the present grabs opportunity. Who balances time creates harmony. Who disturbs harmony leads complexity. Who solves complexity opens continuity."
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"When the fisherman bait the hooks, through them into the sea and sits looking at horizon, do not think he is doing nothing. He and all his senses are fully tensed. His eyes monitors the line, his ears picks the slightest sound of the rod, his heart beats in harmony with the waves and his mind plans further than you think"
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"You do not write your life with words... You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do."
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"Let my love show you the way and give you guidance in the moment of need."
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"Love those wrongdoers, they need it more than you."
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"The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back."
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"If you're reading this... Congratulations, you're alive. If that's not something to smile about,then I don't know what is."
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"Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right."
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"The time has come for nations to sell their patriotism and buy wisdom."
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"Some people know of no other way to interface with others except through their created chaos."
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