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"Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure him by what he envisaged or planned."
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"We see that every victory in our life depends on our faith."
"The mean pattern of educational and economic achievement within multi-racial countries such as Canada and the United States has increasingly been found to prove valid internationally."
"Stand tall on the summit after a tedious climb. Take in the remarkable scenery and the exhilaration of accomplishment. But don't pause for long, there are greater mountains to climb while you still possess the drive and capacity to do so."
"People who have NO ambition to make a difference in this life should not interrupt the people who DO."
"Excellence never seeks excuses."
"Mastery does not exist."
"Success is not as easy as winners make it look nor as hard as losers make it sound."
"Cowards say it can't be done, critics say it shouldn't have been done, creator say well done."
"When the awareness of what is achievable brushes your life, your journey has begun."
"Don't pay attention to people Who tell you can't do it at lenght. Trusting your own instincts Can lead to what's quintessential. Make their limitation be your strenght. You might as well contradict them And then reach your full potential."
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"But let no one imagine that we were mere ascetics. There is no more complex pleasure than thought, and it was to thought that we delivered ourselves over."
"The Library is a sphere whose exact centre is any one of its hexagons and whose circumference is inaccessible."
"He thought that the rose was to be found in its own eternity and not in his words; and that we may mention or allude to a thing, but not express it."
"Which one of us has never felt, walking through the twilight or writing down a date from his past, that he has lost something infinite?"
"Let not the rash marble riskgarrulous breaches of oblivion's omnipotence,in many words recallingname, renown, events, birthplace.All those glass jewels are best left in the dark.Let not the marble say what men do not.The essentials of the dead man's life--the trembling hope,the implacable miracle of pain, the wonder of sensual delight--will abide forever.Blindly the uncertain soul asks to continuewhen it is the lives of others that will make that happen,as you yourself are the mirror and imageof those who did not live as long as youand others will be (and are) your immortality on earth."
"It also occurred to him that throughout history, humankind has told two stories: the story of a lost ship sailing the Mediterranean seas in quest of a beloved isle, and the story of a god who allows himself to be crucified on Golgotha."
"Heaven and hell seem out of proportion to me: the actions of men do not deserve so much."
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