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"Sometimes the best way is to get out of your own way."
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"Until we see each other again, keep your head together, read some good books, be useful, be happy."

"Do not forget birthdays. This is in no way a propaganda for a larger population."

"The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted, evidently an effrontery."

"To give advice to a man who asks what to do with his life implies something very close to egomania. To presume to point a man to the right and ultimate goal - to point with a trembling finger in the RIGHT direction is something only a fool would take upon himself."

"Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it."

"Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always want it the least."
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"Who will you be, my Little Ones? Will you dance for the fires of your youth and run at midnight to water's edge, diving into summer's heat? Will you ride a wild mare to any thought or dream or love of your making? Will you seek the artistry of your own infatuations and explore . . ."

"I want to remember warming your two a.m. bottle, clipping your locks, watching you be baptized, bathing you in the big porcelain sink, how I often laid you against my chest and felt the cradlesong of your tiny breaths as you fell asleep . . ."

"I travel because it makes me realize how much I haven't seen, how much I'm not going to see, and how much I still need to see."

"Spring is a time to make up a big bouquet of flowers for someone you love, or are trying to love, or are in love with."

"I promise to dream with you both great dreams and small dreams. To ask your counsel in times of uncertainty. To honor your silence when you seek to be alone. To be ever wondrous at your curiosities and revelations. And to be ever rejuvenated by your passions . . ."

"I travel to be replenished with beauty, for travel makes the beauty of this world seem like a Christmas that never ends. I travel for the jolting, angelic act of seeking strangeness and newness and profoundness . . ."

"Remember, Little Ones, everything is not important all the time. Only living is important all the time. Not things. Not money. Not more things and more endless money. Spend well the quality of your time. And yes, be greedy with your hours. If only to then give those hours away as the most precious gifts you have to offer to yourself, your family, and your friends."
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