186.There is the disquiet of unease in either knowing or not knowing.
There is the ease of calm knowing and not knowing.
187.Confusion brings forth fear, fear brings forth confusion.
188.In a serious surrounding, we tune in with ease to the significant. In a
mundane surrounding , we have to wait for revelations from banalities to
help us delve into significance.
189.There is a drive to action or to the brake of passivity when we are overly
anxious.
190.Familiarity tends to make us take things for granted while the unknown
cautions us .
191.By using our strength we can either do a lot of good or a lot of damage
to ourselves or to our surroundings.
192.We appreciate by preserving, devouring, using and by being careful.
193.Control is present in creation and destruction.
194.Credit is given or withheld when justified or otherwise, when expected or
otherwise and when under obligation.
195.If we persist against reason, it is like dehydrating a parched desert.
196.There are fantasies which deserve a shot at reality and those which
should remain as they are.
197.There are realities which we are thankful for and those which we wished
had stayed as unfulfilled fantasies.
198.Fantasies are stakes in a world of intangibles.
199.For the preservation of sanity we reach for relief from orthodox and
unorthodox quarters.
200.To stray is to lose or to find.
201.Uncomprehended text are just blots on matter which ignorance is unable
to decipher.
202.Despite the worth of a piece of work, if it?s not understood it is worthless
or at best a nagging mystery.
203.Be thankful for having both food and shelter during intemperate weather.
204.We forget about others while drunk in our own comforts and pleasures.
205.There are escape artists who perform stunts by liberating themselves
from danger. There are escape artists who perform stunts by shirking
responsibility.
206.We are given the option to etch our niche in humankind?s odyssey as
those who follow the paved path or as those who hacked their own.
207.Fiction is when one?s work is courted by reality and possibility, the
logical and illogical.
208.If you want a recital, ask for what one knows. If you wish to witness an
accomplishment, ask for what one can do with what one knows.
209.Seek for one and you shall find many. Accept one and you shall accept
many.
210.One can only caution oneself or another if one has foresight, the lessons
of experience or knowledge.
211.If we hadn?t been particularly exceptional in a certain matter, compensate
for it in others if one is able.
212.The enhancing mask of vanity is a lesser vice compared to the deceptive
mask of lies.
213.It takes the higher to make the lesser realise. It takes the lesser to make
the higher realise.
214.Paces frantic, moderate or leisurely yield results.
215.Variety, uniformity and contrast is to be found in similar or a myriad of
elements.
216.There is control in bursts of energy or in composure.
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