There are so many things about which some old man ought to tell one while one is little; for when one is grown one would know them as a matter of course.
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For what I want to say to you is this:
my efforts shall be like a driving force,
quite without anger, without timidness
as little children show their love for you.
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When I saw others straining toward God, I did not understand it, for though I may have had him less than they did, there was no one blocking the way between him and me, and I could reach his heart easily. It is up to him, after all, to have us, our part consists of almost solely in letting him grasp us.
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With youths she walks in silence.
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Whoever you are some evening take a step out of your house, which you know so well. Enormous space is near.
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