People mistake their limitations for high standards.

Quote by Jean Toomer

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Most novices picture themselves as masters - and are content with the picture. This is...

Most novices picture themselves as masters - and are content with the picture. This is...

We learn the rope of life by untying its knots.

We learn the rope of life by untying its knots.

I am not less poet; I am more conscious of all that I am, am...

I am not less poet; I am more conscious of all that I am, am...

Talk about it only enough to do it. Dream about it only enough to feel...

Talk about it only enough to do it. Dream about it only enough to feel...

Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles.

Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles.

No eyes that have seen beauty ever lose their sight.

No eyes that have seen beauty ever lose their sight.

Acceptance of prevailing standards often means we have no standards of our own.

Acceptance of prevailing standards often means we have no standards of our own.

Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity.

Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity.

The realization of ignorance is the first act of knowing.

The realization of ignorance is the first act of knowing.