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Education is not merely a means for earning a living or an instrument for the acquisition of wealth. It is an initiation into life of spirit, a training of the human soul in the pursuit of truth and the practice of virtue. ~ Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit ~

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And Yet*

It's true, we carry the world inside us, Always present like light. And yet, this hilltop where the sun sits, Heavy and red, every evening; My house shuttered now, the gravel courtyard Sprouting weeds; myself, woefully transient, My suitcase packed, listening for My neighbor who will take me to the train, And the stillness mobbing past, Strangely clamorous and thick, It's true, I know. And yet, and yet!

Paul Zweig

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May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. -Edward Abbey, naturalist and author (1927-1989)