Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles.

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We learn the rope of life by untying its knots.

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No eyes that have seen beauty ever lose their sight.

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People mistake their limitations for high standards.

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The realization of ignorance is the first act of knowing.

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Acceptance of prevailing standards often means we have no standards of our own.

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I am not less poet; I am more conscious of all that I am, am not, and might become.

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Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity.

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Most novices picture themselves as masters - and are content with the picture. This is why there are so few masters.

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Unsuspecting

There is a natty kind of mind
That slicks its thoughts,
Culls its oughts,
Trims its views,
Prunes its trues,
And never suspects it is a rind.

poem by Jean Toomer
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