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"Nothing in this world is a gift. Whatever must be learned must be learned the hard way." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ."Death is our eternal companion. It is always to our left, an arm’s length behind us. Death is the only wise adviser that a warrior has. Whenever he feels that everything is going wrong and he’s about to be annihilated, he can turn to his death and ask if that is so. His death will tell him that he is wrong, that nothing really matters outside its touch. His death will tell him, ‘I haven’t touched you yet.’" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ."The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ."There are lots of things a warrior can do at a certain time which he couldn't do years before. Those things themselves did not change; what changed was his idea of himself." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -Carlos Castaneda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ."There are no moral or intellectual merits. Homer composed the Odyssey; if we postulate an infinite period of time, with infinite circumstances and changes, the impossible thing is not to compose the Odyssey, at least once." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .“Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ."It seemed incredible that this day, a day without warnings or omens, might be that of my implacable death." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .“Everything Is Illuminated” . . . . . . . . . . . . .- Jorge Luis Borges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .