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The universe seems wondrous to me, with or without God. It has powerful lines and uncompromising ways. Patience and time sit like sages on the planets, strong and impersonal. There is a stark beauty to all of this.

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And so faith is closing your eyes and following the breath of your soul down to the bottom of life, where existence and nonexistence have merged into irrelevance. All that matters is the little part you play in the vast drama.

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Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. Impatience breeds anxiety, fear, discouragement and failure. Patience creates confidence, decisiveness, and a rational outlook, which eventually leads to success.

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She knows what is the best purpose of education: not to be frightened by the best but to treat it as part of daily life.

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So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.

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What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?

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This art of resting the mind and the power of dismissing from it all care and worry is probably one of the secrets of energy in our great men.

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First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.

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Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

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We shall find peace. We shall hear the angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.

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