American - Author | December 26, 1894 - March 30, 1967
We learn the rope of life by untying its knots.
Jean Toomer
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People mistake their limitations for high standards.
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The realization of ignorance is the first act of knowing.
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Talk about it only enough to do it. Dream about it only enough to feel it. Think about it only enough to understand it. Contemplate it only enough to be it.
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Acceptance of prevailing standards often means we have no standards of our own.
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I am not less poet; I am more conscious of all that I am, am not, and might become.
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No eyes that have seen beauty ever lose their sight.
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Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles.
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Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity.
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Most novices picture themselves as masters - and are content with the picture. This is why there are so few masters.
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