It is the secret of the world ...

It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but only retire a little from sight and afterward return again.
It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but only retire a little from sight and afterward return again.

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Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.
The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
Our distrust is very expensive.
Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail.