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1 " so here i sit. a sum of the parts. about a third way down this wonderful path, so to speak. and i've been thinking lately about a friendship that fell apart with time, with distance, and with the misunderstanding of youth. i'm trying not to confuse sadness with regret. not the easiest thing at times. i dont regret that certain things happened. i understand that perhaps i had a choice in the matter, or perhaps i believe in fate. probably not, but so far actions as small as the quickest glance to events as monumental as death have pushed me slowly along to right here, right now. there was no other way to get here. the meandering and erratic path was actually the straightest of lines. take away a handful of angry words, things once thought of as mistakes or regrets, and i'm suddenly a different person with a different history, a different future. that, i would regret. so here i sit. thinking about a person i once called my best friends. a man who might be full of sadness and regret, who might not give a damn, or who might, just might, remember the future and realize that's where its at. "
― chris wright
2 " Sometimes God's sudden turn in your life feels like a detour, but in actuality it is the straightest way to your destiny! "
― Alisa Hope Wagner , Eve of Awakening (The Onoma Series Book 1)
3 " A wise man thus seeks not a straight path, but one that is the shortest or most convenient. The idea is to reach your goal comfortably and quickly rather than wasting your time in finding ‘Which is the straightest path? "
― Awdhesh Singh , The Secret Red Book of Leadership
4 " Learn! For learning is an adornment for one who possesses it, avirtue and a prelude to every praiseworthy action. Profit eachday by increasing [your] learning, and swimming in the seas ofbeneficial knowledge. Give yourself up to the study of jurisprudence,for the knowledge of jurisprudence is the best guide to piety andthe fear of God, and it is the straightest path to the ultimate goal.It is the milestone leading to the ways of proper guidance;it is the fortress that saves [one] from all hardships.Indeed, one godly person versed in jurisprudence is more powerfulagainst Satan than a thousand [ordinary] worshipers. "
5 " But now, if I be marching on with my utmost vigour in that way which, according to the sacred geography, leads straight to Jerusalem, why am I beaten and ill-used by others because, perhaps, I wear not buskins; because my hair is not of the right cut; because, perhaps, I have not been dipped in the right fashion; because I eat flesh upon the road, or some other food which agrees with my stomach; because I avoid certain by-ways, which seem unto me to lead into briars or precipices; because, amongst the several paths that are in the same road, I choose that to walk in which seems to be the straightest and cleanest; because I avoid to keep company with some travellers that are less grave and others that are more sour than they ought to be; or, in fine, because I follow a guide that either is, or is not, clothed in white, or crowned with a mitre? "
― John Locke , A Letter Concerning Toleration
