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The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse.
Many people know so little about what is beyond their short range of experience. They look within themselves - and find nothing! Therefore they conclude that there is nothing outside themselves either.
It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.
People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.
Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived.
It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the world. Youth may be headstrong, but it will advance it allotted length.
There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his.
Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same.