"History is the sextant of states which, tossed by wind and current, would be lost in confusion if they could not fix their position."

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We need to learn how to honor and use a practice for as long as it serves us—which in most cases is a very long time—but to look at it as just that, a vehicle, a raft to help us cross through the waters of doubt, confusion, desire, and fear.

— Jack Kornfield