"Each of us has capacities. The real..." - Quote by Joseph Campbell
Each of us has capacities. The real trick is knowing the machinery of the boat in which you are crossing the channel.
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“If you can see your path clearly in front of you, it's probably someone else's.”
“One can experience an unconditional affirmation of life only when one has accepted death, not as contrary to life, but as an aspect of it.”
“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.”
More on Potential
“A man's happiness consists in the free exercise of his highest faculties.”
“Concentration is the root of all the higher abilities in man.”
“The deepest parts of you know that if freedom from fear was as easy as 'creating a new reality' for yourself, then you would already be the fearless person you know in your heart that you're meant to be.”
More on Self Awareness
“By my rambling digressions I perceive myself to be growing old.”
“Our whole educational problem suffers from a one-sided approach to the child who is to be educated, and from an equally one-sided lack of emphasis on the uneducatedness of the educator.”
“Once you develop confidence in your own ability, you'll be able to make a real contribution to creating a better world. Self-confidence is very important. Not in the sense of blind pride, but as a realistic awareness of what you can do. As human beings we can transform ourselves by our good qualities and reducing our faults. Our intelligence enables us to judge what is good from what is harmful.”