We are often less grieved at disappointments than at ourselves for having said much concerning the certainty of our expectations.

Norman Macdonald

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Humility is the surest sign of strength.

If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it.

You are who you are when nobody's watching.

May what I do flow from me like a river, no forcing and no holding back, the way it is with children.

Rainer Maria Rilke

Understand: you are one of a kind. Your character traits are a kind of chemical mix that will never be repeated in history. There are ideas unique to you, a specific rhythm and perspective that are your strengths, not your weaknesses. You must not be afraid of your uniqueness.

Without suffering and doubts, the mind will come to rest on cliches and stay there, until the spirit dies as well.

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