"It's very hard to know what wisdom is."
-James Hillman
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"The older people that one admires seem to be fearless. They go right out into the world. It's astounding. Maybe they can't see or they can't hear, but they walk out into the street and take life as it comes. They're models of courage, in a strange way.“
-James Hillman
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