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If You Go To A Tree With An Ax And Take Five Whacks At The Tree Every Day, It Doesn't Matter If It's An Oak Or A Redwood; Eventually The Tree Has To Fall Down.

Persistence Is Probably The Single Most Common Quality Of High Achievers. They Simply Refuse To Give Up. They Longer You Hang In There, The Greater The Chance That Something Will Happen In Your Favor. No Matter How Hard It Seems, The Longer You Persist The More Likely Your Success.

The True Task Of Spiritual Life Is Not Found In Faraway Places Or Unusual States Of Consciousness. It Is Here In The Present. It Asks Of Us A Welcoming Spirit To Greet All That Life Presents To Us With A Wise, Respectful, And Kindly Heart. We Can Bow To Both Beauty And Suffering, To Our Entanglements And Confusion, To Our Fears And To The Injustices Of The World. Honoring The Truth In This Way Is The Path To Freedom.

The Chicken Soup For The Soul Books Are The Result Of Over 20 Years Of Teaching Seminars And Giving Speeches.

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