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People Should Think Less About What They Ought To Do And More About What They Ought To Be. If Only Their Being Were Good, Their Works Would Shine Forth Brightly. Do Not Imagine That You Can Ground Your Salvation Upon Actions; It Must Rest On What You Are.

I Maintain That All Sorrow Comes From Love Of Those Things Of Which Loss Deprives Me.

And Suddenly You Know: It's Time To Start Something New And Trust The Magic Of Beginnings.

People Who Have Let Go Of Themselves Are So Pure That The World Cannot Harm Them.

It Is A Fair Trade And An Equal Exchange: To The Extent That You Depart From Things, Thus Far, No More And No Less, God Enters Into You With All That Is His, As Far As You Have Stripped Yourself Of Yourself In All Things. It Is Here That You Should Begin, Whatever The Cost, For It Is Here That You Will Find True Peace, And Nowhere Else.