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" As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being. "

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" We are born at a given moment, in a given place and, like vintage years of wine, we have the qualities of the year and of the season of which we are born. Astrology does not lay claim to anything more. "

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" The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable. "

" The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers. "

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" The wine of youth does not always clear with advancing years; sometimes it grows turbid. "

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" Without this playing with fantasy no creative work has ever yet come to birth. The debt we owe to the play of the imagination is incalculable. "

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