Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.
J. R. R. TolkienRead
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Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.
The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.
We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.
People sometimes attribute my success to my genius; all the genius I know anything about is hard work.
And the winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
Thought is the seed of action.
When our actions do not, our fears make us traitors.
Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
Believe you can and you're halfway there.
No man was ever wise by chance.
We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.
Silence does not always mark wisdom.
Life is a series of surprises and would not be worth taking or keeping if it were not.
One of the main weaknesses of mankind is the average man's familiarity with the word 'impossible.
You must know for which harbor you are headed, if you are to catch the right wind to take you there.
Water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow.
Nature and wisdom never are at strife.
Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.
We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.
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