"Summoning up the courage to take action is always the same regardless of how seemingly big or small the challenge. What may look like a small act of courage is courage nonetheless. The important thing is to be willing to take a step forward."

-- Nichiren

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“Your hands can't catch what your eyes can't see.”
“I do not consider my self as having mastered the flute, but I get a real kick out of trying.”
“Too much polishing weakens rather than improves a work.”
“One of the most distinctive evolutionary features of human beings is our unusually long, protected childhood.”
“You can't be a little bit saintly any more than you can be a little bit pregnant.”

Source : Josephine Winslow Johnson (1996). “The Inland Island”, Writer's Digest Books
“You know, in the film making business no one ever gives you anything.”
“Only philosophers embark on this perilous expedition to the outermost reaches of language and existence. Some of them fall off, but others cling on desperately and yell at the people nestling deep in the snug softness, stuffing themselves with delicious food and drink. 'Ladies and Gentlemen,' they yell, 'we are floating in space!' But none of the people down there care”
“The job of a good ally is not to save anybody but rather to help create the conditions under which people can assert and grow their own power.”

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