Talking about straws and camels' backs is just one way of approaching things. If you have enough camels, no backs need be broken.
Idries ShahPrescribing hard work for the soft, or easy work for the hardy, is generally nonsense. What is always needed in any aim is right effort, right time, right people, right materials.
Idries ShahMeditation - Before you learn how to meditate, you must unlearn what you think meditation might be.
Idries ShahThe proverb says that 'The answer to a fool is silence'. Observation, however, indicates that almost any other answer will have the same effect in the long run.
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