We catch on to the truth and technique of expectation in those rare
moments when we are stirred by an awareness of a guidance seemingly higher
and greater than our own, when for a little while we are taken over by a
force and an intelligence above and beyond those commonly felt. Confident
and free, filled with wonder and ready acceptance, we permit ourselves to
be taken over by our unquestioning self.
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Because of a great love, one is courageous.
Because of a great love, one is courageous.
Life is a great surprise. I don't see why death should not be an even
greater one.
Life is a great surprise. I don't see why death should not be an even
greater one.
Life must be lived forward, but can only be understood backwards.
Life must be lived forward, but can only be understood backwards.
When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at
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When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at
his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it.
Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was
not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before.
The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs
to forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh.
The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs
to forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh.
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When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.
It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.
Private victories precede public victories.
Private victories precede public victories.
