We learn the rope of life by untying its knots.

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• Jean Toomer:

  People mistake their limitations for high standards.

• Jean Toomer:

  No eyes that have seen beauty ever lose their sight.

• Jean Toomer:

  Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles.

• Jean Toomer:

  The realization of ignorance is the first act of knowing.

• Jean Toomer:

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

• Jean Toomer:

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

• Jean Toomer:

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

• Jean Toomer:

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

• Jean Toomer:

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

• Henry Miller:

  Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where i