“Conventional opinion is the ruin of our souls.”

~ Mevlana Rumi 13th century sufi poet and mystic

As an irrigator guides water to his fields, as an archer aims an arrow, as a carpenter carves wood, the wise shape their lives.”

~ Buddha 6th century bce, Indian mystic and founder of Buddhism from The Dhammapada

“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson 19th century Transcendental philosopher

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