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Sometimes life seems like a poorly designed cage within which man has been sentenced to be free.
Sheldon B. Kopp
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So it is that God tugs at a pilgrim's sleeve telling him to remember that he is only human. He must be his own man, remain in exile, and belong to himself. He must pay attention to his own feelings and to the meaning of what he does, if he is to be for himself, and yet for others as well.
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That is one of the reasons why a man should pick a path with heart, so that he can find his laughter.
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So it is that there is nothing to be taught, but yet there is something to be learned.
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We must learn to give ourselves permission to blunder, to fail, and to make fools of ourselves every day for the rest of our lives. We do so in any case.
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