It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself. The bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul, a waking angel stirs. We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see. Great things always begin from the inside. If broken by an inside force, life begins.

If an egg is broken by an outside force, life ends. Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost. “We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.” – Seneca But if you are willing to do what’s hard, life will be easy. If you are willing to do only what’s easy, life will be hard.

Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment. Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind. There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people. The most important things are the hardest to say because words diminish them. RumiĪ life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots.

Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.

A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

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