The Pearl
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It is not good to want a thing too much. It sometimes drives the luck away.
Luck, you see, brings terrible friends.
Kino's life was poor and simple until he found the largest pearl in the world. He tought that the pearl would bring happiness to his family. But instead of happiness, the pearl brought fear and danger.
For every man in the world functions to the best of his ability, and no one does less than his best, no matter what he may think about it. Quite apart from any reward they might get, from any word of praise, from any promotion, a pearl buyer was a pearl buyer, and the best and happiest pearl buyer was he who bought for the lowest prices.
For it is said that humans are never satisfied, that you give them one thing and they want something more. And this is said in disparagement, whereas it is one of the greatest talents the species has and one that has made it superior to animals that are satisfied with what they have.
(…) The gods do not love success unless it comes by accident.
It is not good to want a thing too much. It sometimes drives the luck away. You must want it just enough, and you must be very tactful with God or the gods.
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For it's said that humans are never satisfied, that you give them one thing and they want something more.
"My son will read and open the books, and my son will write and will know writing. And my son will make numbers, and these things will make us free because he will know - he will know and through him we will know."
Sayfa 31
A plan is a real thing, and things projected are experienced. A plan once made and visualized becomes a reality along with other realities—never to be destroyed but easily to be attacked.