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People mistake their limitations for high standards.

Jean Toomer

Mistake

People

Limitations

We learn the rope of life by untying its knots.

Jean Toomer

Life

Talk about it only enough to do it. Dream about it only enough to feel it. Think about it only enough to understand it. Contemplate it only enough to be it.

Jean Toomer

Dream

Talk

No eyes that have seen beauty ever lose their sight.

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

Jean Toomer

Content

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

Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles.

Jean Toomer

Fear

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

Jean Toomer

Acceptance

The realization of ignorance is the first act of knowing.