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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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A person with half volition goes backwards and forwards, but makes no progress on even the smoothest of roads. – Thomas Carlyle

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Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it. – Buddha

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Oh! that you could turn your eyes towards the napes of your necks, and make but an interior survey of your good selves. – William Shakespeare, “Coriolanus”

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Man can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as… from a lack of bread. – Richard Wright, Native Son, 1940

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Yes, I worry that somebody will discover the truth about me — and not tell me what it is. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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