By the shore of the sea stands a green oak tree; Upon the tree is a golden chain: And day and night a learned cat Walks around and around on the chain; When he goes to the right he sings a song, When he goes to the left he tells a tale. —A.
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“What is the difference between an obstacle and an opportunity? Our attitude toward it. Every opportunity has a difficulty, and every difficulty has an opportunity.”
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“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
― As You Like It
― As You Like It
“As long as you have some idea of what’s happening to you, ‘real’ or ‘unreal’ doesn’t matter. You have to stand up for what you care about; if you don’t, you lose control of who you are.”
― The Wounded Land
― The Wounded Land
“A dogmatic belief in objective value is necessary to the very idea of a rule which is not tyranny or an obedience which is not slavery.”
― The Abolition of Man
― The Abolition of Man
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