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• The singular man is singular in comparison to other men, but a companion of Heaven. So it is said, the petty man of Heaven is a gentleman among men; the gentleman among men is the petty man of Heaven.

  Burton Watson

  Men, Heaven, Gentleman

  Zhuangzi, Burton Watson, Columbia College (Columbia University) (1968). “The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu”, p.87, Columbia University Press

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• In tragedy and despair, when an endless night seems to have fallen, hope can be found in the realization taht the companion of night is not another night, that the companion of night is day, that darkness always gives way to light, and that death rules only half of creation, life the other half.

  Dean Koontz

  Night, Light, Giving

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• He liked to read with the silence and the golden color of the whiskey as his companions. He liked food, people, talk, but reading was an inexhaustible pleasure. What the joys of music were to others, words on a page were to him.

  James Salter

  Reading, Color, People

  FaceBook post by James Salter from Mar 18, 2017

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• She had asked: What is he? A friend or an enemy? The alethiometer answered: He is a murderer. When she saw the answer, she relaxed at once. He could find food, and show her how to reach Oxford, and those were powers that were useful, but he might still have been untrustworthy or cowardly. A murderer was a worthy companion. She felt as safe with him as she'd done with Iorek Byrnison the armoured bear.

  Philip Pullman

  Oxford, Enemy, Done

  Philip Pullman (2007). “The subtle knife”, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• I read when I get up in the morning, when I can during the day and every single evening. Most of my weekends are spent reading great books. Books are my constant companions. If you eat three times a day you'll be fed. But if you read three times a day you'll be wise.

  Shimon Peres

  Wise, Morning, Book

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• Each night the black sky and the bright stars were my stunning companions; occasionally Id see their beauty and solemnity so plainly that I'd realize in a piercing way that my mother was right. That someday I WOULD be grateful and that in fact I was grateful now, that I felt something growing in me that was strong and real.

  Cheryl Strayed

  Mother, Strong, Stars

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• The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Inspirational, Success, Perseverance

  'The Ladder of Saint Augustine' (1850)

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• Even the wealthiest professional woman can be "brought down" by being in a relationship where she longs to be loved and is consistently lied to. To the degree that she trusts her male companion, lying and other forms of betrayal will most likely shatter her self-confidence and self-esteem.

  Bell Hooks

  Betrayal, Self Esteem, Lying

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• On the way there is no harder pass than this: fortunate is he who does not carry envy as a companion.

  Rumi

  Character, Envy, Doe

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• So maybe it was just as well that my companion was more like Mulder. A coked-out Mulder with a lot of weapons, who knew that the monsters under the bed were real and would gut you.

  Karen Chance

  Real, Bed, Monsters

  Karen Chance (2013). “Tempt the Stars: A Cassie Palmer Novel”, p.50, Penguin

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• Someone once told me that time was a predator that stalked us all our lives. But I rather believe than time is a companion who goes with us on the journey, and reminds us to cherish every moment because they'll never come again. What we leave behind is not as important how we lived. After all, Number One, we're only mortal.

  Brannon Braga

  Time, Believe, Journey

  "Fictional character: Jean-Luc Picard". "Star Trek: Generations", www.imdb.com. 1994.

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• There is a moon inside every human being. Learn to be companions with it.

  Rumi

  Moon, Humans, Human Beings

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• The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "My Companions are as stars. Whomsoever of them you follow, you will be rightly guided." When a man looks at a star, and finds his way by it, the star does not speak any word to that man. Yet, by merely looking at the star, the man knows the road from roadlessness and reaches his goal.

  Rumi

  Religious, Stars, Men

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• Little soul, gentle and drifting, guest and companion of my body, now you will dwell below in pallid places, stark and bare; there you will abandon your play of yore. But one moment still, let us gaze together on these familiar shores, on these objects which doubtless we shall not see again....Let us try, if we can, to enter into death with open eyes.

  Marguerite Yourcenar

  Eye, Play, Soul

  Marguerite Yourcenar (1957). “Hadrian's Memoirs”

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• Birdscapes moves rather like those swallows, dipping and swerving to pick up all sorts of items of interest. Mynott tells plenty of good birding tales, but these serve mainly to set off trains of reflection. . . . Reading Birdscapes is like going birding with a learned, witty, and somewhat irreverent companion who isn't satisfied just to check things off. . . . [D]elightful to read on a journey or a housebound day, and [opens] fascinating new horizons for anyone who wants to enlarge his or her interest in birds.

  Robert O. Paxton

  Witty, Moving, Reading

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• On the journey of the warrior-bodhisattva, the path goes down, not up, as if the mountain pointed toward the earth instead of the sky. Instead of transcending the suffering of all creatures, we move toward turbulence and doubt however we can. We explore the reality and unpredictability of insecurity and pain, and we try not to push it away. If it takes years, if it takes lifetimes, we let it be as it is. At our own pace, without speed or aggression, we move down and down and down. With us move millions of others, companions in awakening from fear.

  Pema Chodron

  Pain, Moving, Warrior

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• The wicked can have only accomplices, the voluptuous have companions in debauchery, self-seekers have associates, the politic assemble the factions, the typical idler has connections, princes have courtiers. Only the virtuous have friends.

  Voltaire

  Funny Friendship, Real, Self

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• Take nothing for granted. Not one blessed, cool mountain day or one hellish, desert day or one sweaty, stinky, hiking companion. It is all a gift.

  Cindy Ross

  Blessed, Hiking, Mountain

  Cindy Ross (1987). “Journey On the Crest: Walking 2600 Miles from Mexico to Canada”, p.36, Mountaineers Books

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• The issue of animal use and abuse can seem insurmountable, it is tragic and it is complex. We love our companion animals and we value wildlife but we are generally blind to the realities of what goes into the food we eat.

  Liz Marshall

  Animal, Reality, Issues

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• You will get something wrong today, and tomorrow, and every day of your life. So will I, and everybody you know. You don’t have a choice about being wrong sometimes: mistakes will be your life-long companion. But you do have a choice about whether to approach your error in terror so you suppress, ignore and repeat it — or to make it your honest, open ally in trying to get to the truth.

  Johann Hari

  Mistake, Errors, Long

  "When Were You Last Wrong? We Need to Change How We Think About Our Errors" by Johann Hari, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 13, 2010.

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• Weakness is a great thing, and strength is nothing. When a man is just born, he is weak and flexible. When he dies, he is hard and insensitive. When a tree is growing, it's tender and pliant. But when it's dry and hard, it dies. Hardness and strength are death's companions. Pliancy and weakness are expressions of the freshness of being. Because what has hardened will never win.

  Andrei Tarkovsky

  Winning, Men, Expression

  "Fictional character: Stalker". "Stalker", May 1979.

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• How many days have I spent alone with my cat... and when I say alone, I mean without a material being, for my cat is a mystical companion, a spirit.

  Pierre Bonnard

  Mean, Cat, Spirit

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• Even if it is painful and lonely, associate with worthy companions.

  Chris Prentiss

  Lonely, Painful, Worthy

  Chris Prentiss (2006). “Zen and the Art of Happiness”, p.22, BookBaby

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• Writing is medicine. It is an appropriate antidote to injury. It is an appropriate companion for any difficult change.

  Julia Cameron

  Writing, Medicine, Injury

  FaceBook post by Julia Cameron from Apr 19, 2014

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• Beauty and folly are generally companions.

  Baltasar Gracian

  Beauty, Beautiful Women, Folly

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