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Jean Toomer
American
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About the author
The realization of ignorance is the first act of knowing.
Jean Toomer,
American
Author
#Ignorance
#First
#Act
Acceptance of prevailing standards often means we have no standards of our own.
Jean Toomer,
American
Author
#Acceptance
Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles.
Jean Toomer,
American
Author
#Fear
I am not less poet; I am more conscious of all that I am, am not, and might become.
Jean Toomer,
American
Author
Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity.
Jean Toomer,
American
Author
#Life
#Men
#Necessity
#Wishes
Most novices picture themselves as masters - and are content with the picture. This is why there are so few masters.
Jean Toomer,
American
Author
#Content
No eyes that have seen beauty ever lose their sight.
Jean Toomer,
American
Author
#Eyes
#Beauty
#Sight
Talk about it only enough to do it. Dream about it only enough to feel it. Think about it only enough to understand it. Contemplate it only enough to be it.
Jean Toomer,
American
Author
#Talk
#Dream
We learn the rope of life by untying its knots.
Jean Toomer,
American
Author
#Life
People mistake their limitations for high standards.
Jean Toomer,
American
Author
#People
#Mistake
#Limitations