Man is not sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of what he does not yet have, of what he could have.

Man is not sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of what he does not yet have, of what he could have.

Jean-Paul Sartre
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What is most personal is most general.

To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

I believe in luck and I believe in fate, but I also believe that you have to work for what you want.

It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.

“The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.”

Elbert Hubbard

You cannot teach a child any more than you can grow a plant. The plant develops its own nature. It also teaches itself, but you can help it to go forward in its own way. What you can do is to sow an aspiration-seed.