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"Because there has been no one to stop me" has been one of the principles of my life.


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Memory blurs, that's the point. If memory didn't blur you wouldn't have the fool's courage to do things again, again, again, that tear you apart.

Memory blurs, that's the point. If memory didn't blur you wouldn't have the fool's courage to do things again, again, again, that tear you apart.



Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul.

Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul.



I never change, I simply become more myself.

I never change, I simply become more myself.



How lovely this world is, really: one simply has to look.

How lovely this world is, really: one simply has to look.



Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from superficiality.

Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from superficiality.



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Read widely, and without apology. Read what you want to read, not what someone tells you you should read.



Night comes to the desert all at once, as if someone turned off the light.

Night comes to the desert all at once, as if someone turned off the light.



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Keep a light, hopeful heart. But ­expect the worst.



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Be your own editor/critic. Sympathetic but merciless!





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Science can only ascertain what is, but not what should be, and outside of its domain value judgements of all kinds remain necessary.



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Belief is reassuring. People who live in the world of belief feel safe. On the contrary, faith is forever placing us on the razor's edge.



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Everything in my life has been challenging but rewarding.




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Meditation is the soul's perspective glass, whereby, in her long remove, she discerneth God, as if He were nearer at hand.



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