Misfortune nobly born is good fortune.
- Topic: Attitude, Misfortune, Perception
- Location: Lake Tahoe
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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What doesn’t transmit light creates its own darkness.
How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.
The obstacle in the path becomes that path. Never forget, within every obstacle is an opportunity to improve our condition.
It's the truth I'm after, and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance.
To offend a strong man, tell him a lie. To offend a weak man, tell him the truth.
Accept things to which fate binds you, love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.
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