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A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding.
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A man must be master of his hours and days, not their servant.
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A man must drive his energy, not be driven by it.
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A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations.
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A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.
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A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting.
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A man of meditation functions differently. Whatever profession he chooses, it does not matter. He will bring to his profession some quality of sacredness. He may be making shoes, or he may be cleaning the roads, but he will bring to his work some quality, some grace, some beauty, which is not possible without samÄdhi.
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A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.
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A man should be an individual, but not independent.
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A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.
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A man should live with his superiors as he does with his fire: not too near, lest he burn; nor too far off, lest he freeze.
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A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.
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A man should not strive to eliminate his complexes, but to get into accord with them; they are legitimately what directs his conduct in the world.
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A man that hoards up riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles.
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A man who correctly guesses a woman's age may be smart, but he's not very bright.
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A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
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A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting drunk.
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A man who has no conscience, no goodness, does not suffer.
The Kite Runner -
A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.
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A man who is a politician at forty is a statesman at three score and ten. It is at this age, when he would be too old to be a clerk or a gardener or a police-court magistrate, that he is ripe to govern a country.
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