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"The sole and supreme use of suffering is to purify, to burn out all that is useless and impure."
For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself:
"If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do
today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know
I need to change something... almost everything -- all external expectations, all
pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure -- these things just fall away in the
face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going
to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to
lose.
"The freedom to do your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best."
"Nothing in the world is a gift. Whatever there is to learn has to be learned the hard way.
Turn my concepts into a viable way of life by a process of repetition. Everything new in
our lives, such as the sorcerers' concepts I am teaching you, must be repeated to us to
the point of exhaustion before we open ourselves to it."
"For me there is only the traveling on the paths that have heart, on any path that may have
heart. There I travel, and the only worthwhile challenge for me is to traverse its full
length. And there I travel looking, looking, breathlessly."
"Give every man thy ear but few thy voice."
"You must begin to think of yourself as becoming the person you want to be."
"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every
one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened."
"In order to do what really matters to you, you have to, first of all, know what really matters to you."
"Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones."
"Accept your genius and say what you think."
"People only see what they are prepared to see."
"Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you.
You have to win it. The man who knows how will always have a job. The man who also knows why will always be
his boss."
"Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not."
"The miracles of genius always rest on profound convictions which refuse to be analyzed."
"Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen."
"We aim above the mark to hit the mark."
"He who has a thousand friends
"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm."
"None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper
which is heard by him alone."
"Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind."
"Be a little careful about your library. Do you foresee what you will do with it? Very little to be sure.
But the real question is, What it will do with you?"
"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept
in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a
spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense."
"Five minutes of today are worth as much to me, as five minutes in the next millennium.
Let us be poised, and wise, and our own, today."
"Men who for truth and honor's sake
"Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the
last honesty and truth."
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies with in us."
"It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another
without helping himself."
"I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and new."
"Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for
nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much."
"Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not
sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.""
"If you have not consciously made the decision to be rich, excellent, and healthy, then you have
unconsciously made the decision to be poor, mediocre, and unhealthy.""
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