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 The youth gets together this material to build a bridge to the moon, or perchance, a palace or temple on earth, and at length, the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them.  The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair; but, after all, the most vital right is the right to love and be loved. Everything that deceives may be said to enchant. - Plato A Torontonian is a man who leaves culture to his wife. The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. Hope is a pleasant acquaintance, but an unsafe friend. You decide you'll wait for your pitch. Then as the ball starts toward the plate, you think about your stance. And then you think about your swing. And then you realize that the ball that went past you for a strike was your pitch. We will discover the nature of our particular genius when we stop trying to conform to our own or to other people's models, learn to be ourselves, and allow our natural channel to open. A plague upon it when thieves cannot be true one to another! Until I die, I'm going to keep doing. My people need me. They need somebody that's not taking from them and is giving them something. He who desires naught will always be free. Fear is an uneasiness of the mind, upon the thought of a future evil likely to befall us. Courage is ... the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought not to be feared. Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating. - O. Henry When one devotes oneself to meditation, mental burdens, unnecessary worries, and wandering thoughts drop off one by one; life seems to run smoothly and pleasantly. A student may now depend on intuition to make decisions. As one acts on intuition, second thought, with its dualism, doubt and hesitation, does not arise. Morality is a private and costly luxury. It is the risk element which ensures security. Risk brings out the ingenuity and resourcefulness which ensure success. Before criticizing your wife's faults, remember that they may have prevented her from getting a better husband. He knows the universe and does not know himself. I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble. 
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