“Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.”
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible not to run away.
Your body must become familiar with its death - in all its possible forms and degrees - as a self-evident, imminent, and emotionally neutral step on the way towards the goal you have found worthy of your life.
A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility.