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There is more to life than increasing its speed. Gandhi gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it? Richard Bach Life exists for the love of music or beautiful things.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Gilbert K. Chesterton
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: May 29
Died: 1936
Died: June 14
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Whatever else we may say of our own age, for good or evil, nobody is likely to call it an Age of Reason.
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One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego the self is more distant than any star.
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If you know what a man's doing, get in front of him but if you want to guess what he's doing keep behind him.
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