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Jean Toomer Quotes: We start with gifts. Merit comes from what we make of them.
         

We start with gifts. Merit comes from what we make of them.


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Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles.

Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles.



We learn the rope of life by untying its knots.

We learn the rope of life by untying its knots.



Most novices picture themselves as masters - and are content with the picture. This is why there are so few masters.

Most novices picture themselves as masters - and are content with the picture. This is why there are so few masters.



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.

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.



We never know we are beings till we love. And then it is we know the powers and potentialities of human existence.

We never know we are beings till we love. And then it is we know the powers and potentialities of human existence.



We do not posses imagination enough to sense what we are missing.

We do not posses imagination enough to sense what we are missing.



In a sick world, it is the first duty of the artist to get well.

In a sick world, it is the first duty of the artist to get well.



No eyes that have seen beauty ever lose their sight.

No eyes that have seen beauty ever lose their sight.



Thunder blossoms gorgeously above our heads, Great, hollow, bell-like flowers

Thunder blossoms gorgeously above our heads, Great, hollow, bell-like flowers



People mistake their limitations for high standards.

People mistake their limitations for high standards.





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Love is the secret language of the heart which everyone can understand.

Love is the secret language of the heart which everyone can understand.



Everyone loves a witch hunt as long as it's someone else's witch being hunted.

Everyone loves a witch hunt as long as it's someone else's witch being hunted.



Formerly the master selected the slave; today the slave selects his master.

Formerly the master selected the slave; today the slave selects his master.



I'm very much a girl that likes to have options. That's the way I am with fashion, and that's the way I am with my life.

I'm very much a girl that likes to have options. That's the way I am with fashion, and that's the way I am with my life.



Just like a single cell, the character of our lives is determined not by our genes but by our responses to the environmental signals that propel life.

Just like a single cell, the character of our lives is determined not by our genes but by our responses to the environmental signals that propel life.



Don't think I'm not incoheret.

Don't think I'm not incoheret.



So, President Obama wants to change America. I understand that. We dont need to change America. We need to change the White House. We need to change the leadership in the White House.

So, President Obama wants to change America. I understand that. We dont need to change America. We need to change the White House. We need to change the leadership in the White House.



Philosophy: a purple bullfinch in a lilac tree.

Philosophy: a purple bullfinch in a lilac tree.



Fain would I, but I dare not; I dare, and yet I may not; I may, although I care not, for pleasure when I play not.

Fain would I, but I dare not; I dare, and yet I may not; I may, although I care not, for pleasure when I play not.




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