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I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wishes. The greater part of all mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims. They have undertaken to build a tower and spend no more labor on the foundation than would be necessary to erect a hut.

Speaker: Goethe

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Posted: 21 Aug 2008 at 4:09 PM

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Tags: desire, goals, work

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Every man has within himself a continent of undiscovered character. Happy is he who proves the Columbus of his soul.

Speaker: Goethe

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Posted: 21 Aug 2008 at 2:57 PM

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Tags: education, individualism

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The cloak of the past is cut from patches of feeling, and sewn with rebus threads. Most of the time, the best we can do is wrap it around ourselves for comfort or drag it behind us as we struggle to go on. But everything has its cause and its meaning. Every life, every love, every action and feeling and thought has its reason and significance: its beginning, and the part it plays in the end. Sometimes, we do see. Sometimes, we see the past so clearly, and read the legend of its parts with such acuity, that every stitch of time reveals its purpose, and a kind of message is enfolded in it. Nothing in any life, no matter how well or poorly lived, is wiser than failure or clearer than sorrow. And in the tiny, precious wisdom that they give to us, even those dread and hated enemies, suffering and failure, have their reason and their right to be.

Speaker: Gregory David Roberts

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Posted: 20 Aug 2008 at 7:35 AM

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Tags: failure, memory, progression, shantaram, sorrow, time, wisdom

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