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" Meditation is old and honorable, so why should I
not sit, every morning of my life, on the hillside,
looking into the shining world? Because, properly
attended to, delight, as well as havoc, is suggestion.

— Mary Oliver, from “What I Have Learned So Far,” New and Selected Poems. (Beacon Press; Reprint, 2001 edition July 1, 1993) "

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Mary Oliver quote : Meditation is old and honorable, so why should I<br />not sit, every morning of my life, on the hillside,<br />looking into the shining world? Because, properly<br />attended to, delight, as well as havoc, is suggestion.<br /><br />— Mary Oliver, from “What I Have Learned So Far,” <i>New and Selected Poems</i>. (Beacon Press; Reprint, 2001 edition July 1, 1993)