The willow submits to the wind and prospers until one day it is many willows - a wall against the wind.

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"Kindness is the beginning of cruelty."

- Frank Herbert

Compassion

"Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken."

- Frank Herbert

Personal Growth

"One learns from books and example only that certain things can be done. Actual learning requires that you do those things."

- Frank Herbert

Learning

"Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality."

- Frank Herbert

Respect

"What is the son but an extension of the father?"

- Frank Herbert

Connection to Earth

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"We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated."

- Maya Angelou

Resilience

"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."

- Winston Churchill

Resilience

"Criticism is the best sign you’re onto something."

- Michael Lopp

Resilience

"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."

- David Brinkley

Resilience

"We are really competing against ourselves. We have no control over how other people perform."

- Pete Cashmore

Resilience