He who learns must suffer.
And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget
falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will,
comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.
- Aeschylus
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Thatās beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
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Do what thou wilt.
āAleister Crowley
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Crowley! Quite a plethora of assortment on this thread 
He not busy being born is busy dying. ---- Bob Dylan
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A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door thatās unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push.
Ludwig Wittgenstein.
For @san_pedro considering the question about a locked-up/free spirit
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āIāve looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
Itās lifeās illusions I recall
I really donāt know life at allā
- Joni Mitchell
http://jonimitchell.com/music/song.cfm?id=83
āOnly two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and Iām not sure about the former.ā
- Albert Einstein
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Every viewpoint is a view from a point.
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That which is to be received must be received according to the mode of the recipient.
Basically, talk to people on their level or else they will never understand you. I find it ironically worded.
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That reminds me of my PE teacher in school, who stumped us all with this one:
Whatās a good throw? One that is caught.
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āI used to live in a room full of mirrors; all I could see was me. Until I took my spirit and I crashed my mirrors, now the whole world is here for me to see.ā - Jimi Hendrix
āWhen the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.ā - Jimi Hendrix
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āAsk not for whom the bell tolls, the bell tolls for theeā.
āEvery now and then, I like to feel goodā --Mimi, Rent
āOnce upon a timeā¦ā --Anonymous
āHe who laughs last, probably screwed upā --Iām sure Iāve heard this before, but Iāll take credit for it, llWantingll
āGood ideas are, a dime a dozenā --Anonymous
ā¦and generally mis-heard song lyricsā¦
I guess Iād say the quote you see at the very start of the game Tales of Phantasia.
āTruly, if there is evil in this world, it lies within the heart of mankind.ā
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Whatās Tales of Phantasia, Like Playstation or something?
It was an SNES game that got ported to multiple other consoles and improved upon, probably because of how good of a game it is.
For song lyrics that could have beenā¦
āGoing to the Jack-o-Lantern, Gonna get Marriedā
āWeāve got a thing, thatās called Red Eyed Loveā
Thereās more but I canāt think of them right now.
āNo man chooses evil, because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.ā
- Mary Wollstonecraft
I used to watch that intro every morning before school (I think 8th grade) and it seemed strangely to help get me through the day with grace.
Actually I just watched it last night and it really hurts to think back to that time (wanting to get back to it).