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Tupper:Reflection is a flower of the mind,


Reflection is a flower of the mind, giving out wholesome fragrance; but revelry is the same flower, when rank and running to seed.
by Tupper


Julia Ripley Dorr:Who soweth good seed shall


Who soweth good seed shall surely reap; The year grows rich as it groweth old, And life's latest sands are its sands of gold!
by Julia Ripley Dorr


Lucretius:We cannot conceive of matter being


We cannot conceive of matter being formed of nothing, since things require a seed to start from...Therefore there is not anything which returns to nothing, but all things return dissolved into their elements.
by Lucretius


Charles Swain:Never rail at the world, it is


Never rail at the world, it is just as we make it,- We see not the flower if we sow not the seed; And as for ill-luck, why, it's just as we take it,- The heart that's in earnest no bars can impede.
by Charles Swain


The Divine Pymander:The path of immortality is


The path of immortality is hard, and only a few find it. The rest await the Great Day when the wheels of the universe shall be stopped and the immortal sparks shall escape from the sheaths of substance. Woe unto those who wait, for they must return again, unconscious and unknowing, to the seed-ground of stars, and await a new beginning.
by The Divine Pymander


Rig Veda:There was neither non-existence nor


There was neither non-existence nor existence then; there was neither the realm of space nor the sky beyond. There was no distinguishing sign of night nor of day. That One breathed, windless, by its own impulse. Other than that there was nothing beyond. Darkness was hidden by darkness in the beginning; with no distinguishing sign, all this was water. The life force that was, was covered with emptiness, that one arose through the power of heat. Desire came upon that one in the beginning; that was the first seed of mind.
by Rig Veda


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