I think I have learnt something of the value of stillness. I don’t fret so much; I laugh at myself more often; I don’t laugh at others. I live life at my own pace. Like a banyan tree. Is this wisdom, or is it just old age?”
Ruskin Bond, A Book of Simple Living: Brief Notes from the Hills
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