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Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.
Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.
I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country.
I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country.
Prejudice is the child of ignorance.
Prejudice is the child of ignorance.
 There comes a time in the seeker's life when he discovers that he
is at once the lover and the read more 
 There comes a time in the seeker's life when he discovers that he
is at once the lover and the beloved. The aspiring soul which he embodies
is the lover in him. And the transcendental Self which he reveals from
within is his Beloved. 
 Reality is what we take to be true. What we take to be true is
what we believe. What we read more 
 Reality is what we take to be true. What we take to be true is
what we believe. What we believe is based upon our perceptions. What we
perceive depends upon what we look for. What we look for depends upon what
we think. What we think depends upon what we perceive. What we perceive
determines what we believe. What we believe determines what we take to be
true. what we take to be true is our reality. 
 Since nothing we intend is ever faultless, and nothing we attempt ever
without eror, and nothing we achieve without some read more 
 Since nothing we intend is ever faultless, and nothing we attempt ever
without eror, and nothing we achieve without some measure of finitude and
fallibility we call humanness, we are saved by forgiveness. 
People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
 What this power is, I cannot say. All I know is that it exists...and it
becomes available only when you read more 
 What this power is, I cannot say. All I know is that it exists...and it
becomes available only when you are in that state of mind in which you
know exactly what you want...and are fully determined not to quit
until you get it. 
Just remember, when you should grab something, grab it; when you should let go, let go.
Just remember, when you should grab something, grab it; when you should let go, let go.