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It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind of

It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind of work he is to do in this universe. – Thomas Carlyle

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None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone. – Thomas Carlyle

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This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle wonderful, inscrutable, magical and more, to whosoever will think of it. – Thomas Carlyle

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The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want. – Ben Stein

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No one remains quite what he was when he recognizes himself. – Thomas Mann

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Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering. – St.Augustine

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We are the products of editing, rather than authorship. – George Wald, “The Origin of Optical Activity,” Annals of the New York Academy of

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