“When God means you to be a healer he sends you patients; when he makes you a teacher he sends you pupils; when he destines you to be a Master he sends you stories.”

Source: One Minute Nonsense (1992), p. 112

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Source: Aphorisms and Reflections (1901), p. 31

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“When God means you to be a healer he sends you patients; when he makes you a teacher he sends you pupils; when he destines you to be a Master he sends you stories.”

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