"The greatest source of discouragement is the conviction that one is unable to do something"
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"Water will not flow from a faucet that is not connected to its source."
"There is no greater weapon than knowledge and no greater source of knowledge than the written word."
"The true source of our sufferings has been our timidity."
"Fasting is truly a secret source of power."
"Ideas are the source of all things"
"Labour is the source of every blessing."
"The "I" thought is said to be the sum total of all thoughts. The source of the "I" thought has to be inquired into."
"The source is within you. And this whole world is springing up from it."
"[Castro is] a source of inspiration to the world."
"I distrust the incommunicable; it is the source of all violence"
"Although all spiritual teachings originate from the same Source, once they become verbalized and written down they are obviously no more than a collection of words-and a word is nothing more than a signpost."
"Beauty and health are the chief sources of happiness."
"Authority is no source for Truth."
"If you put your soul against the oar with me, the power that made the universe will enter your sinew from a source not outside of your limbs, but from a holy realm that lives within us."
"The imagination is a pretty precious source of protection."
"Fasting is a tremendous weapon and a source of power in the life of a believer."
"A permissive government is a government that leaves control to other sources."
"The source of all abundance is not outside of you. It's a part of who you are."
"There's always a source for humor [in politics]. If it's inappropriate to write about, if there's nothing funny about it, then it's not funny. So it sort of selects itself. It has to. And plus, often something that wouldn't be funny at the time is okay to make jokes about later."