By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. The ultimate wisdom which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls faith rather than reason. If work were nice, the rich would not have left it to the poor. Don't be afraid to fail. Don't waste energy trying to cover up failure. Learn from your failures and go on to the next challenge. It's OK to fail. If you're not failing, you're not growing. The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder. Before the reward there must be labour. You plant before you harvest. You sow in tears before you reap joy. Growth means change and change involves risk, stepping from the known to the unknown. Misanthropes need people; without a steady supply, the misanthrope cannot fully apply his art. Life does not require us to make good; it asks only that we give our best at each level of experience. The air is full of souls; those who are nearest to earth descending to be tied to mortal bodies return to other bodies, desiring to live in them | 
