“Those who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls.”
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058–1111) Persian Muslim theologian, jurist, philosopher, and mystic
“To look at the paper is to raise a seashell to one’s ear and to be overwhelmed by the roar of humanity.”
Source: The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work (2009), p. 237.
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