“The landscape was there, and more than ever he felt he could not reach it. The rocks and the sky were everywhere, ready to absolve him, but as always he carried the obstacle within him. He would have said that as he looked at them, the rocks and the sky ceased being themselves, that in the act of passing into his consciousness, they became impure. It was slight consolation to be able to say to himself: "I am stronger than they.”
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“The storm of life represents an opportunity to find new strength.”
“The storms of life represents an opportunity to find new strength.”
“The force of two is stronger than one but there is a far greater strength in an efforts of three.”
“It is not a weakness to feel things deeply, but a great strength.”
“While the race is not always to the swift, or the battle to the strong, that is the way to bet.”