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If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s.

Joseph Campbell

Midlife is when you reach the top of the ladder and find that it was against the wrong wall.
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Life Reach Wall Wrong Yourself
A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
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Big Hero Herself Life
No one in the world was ever you before, with your particular gifts and abilities and possibilities.
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Ability Inspirational Oneself Possession World
There are something like 18 billion cells in the brain alone. There are no two brains alike; there are no two hands alike; there are no two human beings alike. You can take your instructions and your guidance from others, but you must find your own path.
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Divine Live
You have to learn to recognize your own depth.
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Deep Learning Recognition Yourself
Whatever the hell happens, say, ‘This is what I need.’
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Hell Myself Need
The conquest of fear yields the courage of life. That is the cardinal initiation of every heroic adventure– fearlessness and achievement.
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Achievement Adventure Courage Fear Life
Where you stumble and fall, there you will find gold.
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Fall Gold Inspirational Perspective Yourself
The best things cannot be told, the second best are misunderstood. After that comes civilized conversation; after that, mass indoctrination; after that, intercultural exchange.
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Best Conversation Understand
The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.
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Ability Adventure Heart Inspirational Yourself
I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.
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Alive Believe Experience Life Meaning Myself People
Let the world be as it is and learn to rock with the waves.
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Learning Wave World
The quest for fire occurred not because anyone knew what the practical uses for fire would be, but because it was fascinating.
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Fascination Fire Interest Mystery
You’ve got to find the force inside you.
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Force Yourself
Art is the set of wings to carry you out of your own entanglement.
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Art Carry Wings Yourself
Both the artist and the lover know that perfection is not loveable. It is the clumsiness of a fault that makes a person lovable.
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Artist Love Mistake Perfection Person

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