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Since I was young my wish has been to die in perfect health - I mean to die with a body that is not destroyed by illness but a body that is consumed by its own long burning fire.

Laura Huxley

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Laura Huxley
Age: 96 †
Born: 1911
Born: November 2
Died: 2007
Died: December 13
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Laura Archera Huxley
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Everything has to come through the senses, as though the soul is speaking out through the senses.
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Toddlers are so powerful and so egocentric and teenagers are also so powerful, so egocentric.
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You can focus your mind. You can respect your body. All of that is important.
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I find beauty almost everywhere. Now more and more I find almost everything beautiful. That is why I have great difficulty in throwing away things because I think they are quite beautiful. Even the garbage, but I have to throw that away!
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The practice of yoga certainly is a fantastic practice. I only wish I would do it more. I find I can do it alone but it is much better if I have some guidance. Although I can do it alone it is a little bit sloppy. Ultimately, all of those techniques try to bring more oxygen to the brain. We can think and love better if we have more oxygen.
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I've done a little yoga, not as a professional, and every time I have a good teacher I see the immense possibilities and subtleties in this discipline. It's a little bit like music.
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I would much rather sit on the floor. Very rarely do I find a table and a chair that is comfortable. But the floor is comfortable.
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Probably, the secret is to be less complicated. We of course love to make complications - look at the way we live. We have this tremendous amount of information, and probably it is really not so necessary. Maybe if you just drink water, you are kind to people and walk a little bit it's all done already. But we cannot resist this sophistication.
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There is danger in everything that we do.
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Power is just so much part of the human being because power is survival. But I wonder if that is the best way to survive, by killing someone else.
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