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“Whether you like it or not, you are committed to the human endeavor. I cannot ally myself with such a purely negative goal as avoidance of suffering. Suffering is a chance you take by the fact of being alive.”
― Letters to Allen Ginsberg 1953-1957
― Letters to Allen Ginsberg 1953-1957
“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”
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“Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.”
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“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”
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“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On!' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”
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