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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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The illimitable, silent, never-resting thing called Time, rolling, rushing on, swift, silent, like an all-embracing ocean-tide, on which we and all the universe swim like exhalations, like apparitions which are, and then are not…. – Thomas Carlyle

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Even in the meanest sorts of labor, the whole soul of a man is composed into a kind of real harmony the instant he sets himself to work. – Thomas Carlyle

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Knowing who you are is the best defense against who they think you are. – Dodinsky, www.dodinsky.com

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People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates. – Thomas Szasz, “Personal Conduct,” The Second Sin, 1973

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Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor. – Dr. Alexis Carrel

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Learning how to operate a soul figures to take time. – Timothy Leary

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