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“If you were meant to cure cancer or crack cold fusion and you don't do it, you not only hurt yourself, even destroy yourself. You hurt your children, you hurt me, you hurt the planet. You shame the angels who watch over you and you spite God Almighty, who created you and only you with your unique gifts, for the sole purpose of nudging the human race one millimeter further along its path back to God.”
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“I saw a star, I reached for it. I missed, so I accepted the sky”
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“A sunset is the sun’s fiery kiss to the night.”
― Write like no one is reading 3
― Write like no one is reading 3
“Take a moment from time to time to remember that you are alive. I know this sounds a trifle obvious, but it is amazing how little time we take to remark upon this singular and gratifying fact. By the most astounding stroke of luck an infinitesimal portion of all the matter in the universe came together to create you and for the tiniest moment in the great span of eternity you have the incomparable privilege to exist.”
― I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away
― I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away
“Yet how hard most people work for mere dust and ashes and care, taking no thought of growing in knowledge and grace, never having time to get in sight of their own ignorance.”
― John Muir: His Life and Letters and Other Writings
― John Muir: His Life and Letters and Other Writings
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