There is a kinship, a kind of ...

There is a kinship, a kind of freemasonry, between all persons of intelligence, however antagonistic their moral outlook.
There is a kinship, a kind of freemasonry, between all persons of intelligence, however antagonistic their moral outlook.
 Norman Douglas

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Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.
 Dave East
A lot of people change for good. Some people just fall off. Just trying to progress in anything, no matter what you're doing, I feel like any progression you make... some people aren't gonna be around you that were around you.
 Dave East
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
Don't settle in the land of barely enough. That is where you are, it is not who you are. That's your location, it's not your identity. No matter what it looks like, have an abundant mentality.
Everything in your life, every experience, every relationship is a mirror of the mental pattern that is going on inside of you.

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The pine stays green in winter... wisdom in hardship.
 Norman Douglas
Nobody can misunderstand a boy like his own mother. Mothers at present can bring children into the world, but this performance is apt to mark the end of their capacities. They can't even attend to the elementary animal requirements of their offspring. It is quite surprising how many children survive in spite of their mothers.
 Norman Douglas
To find a friend one must close one eye. To keep him...two.
 Norman Douglas
Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends.
 Norman Douglas