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"Men do not mirror themselves in running water, they mirror themselves in still water. Only what is still can still the stillness of other things." – Zhuangzi
"The doctrines of religion are resolved into carefulness; carefulness into vigorousness; vigorousness into guiltlessness; guiltlessness into abstemiousness; abstemiousness into cleanliness; cleanliness into godliness." – Talmud, Division of Mishna.
"We live in a nightmare of falsehoods, and there are few who are sufficiently awake and aware to see things as they are. Our first duty is to clear away illusions and recover a sense of reality." – Nikolai Berdyaev, 'Political Testament' (1949).