“At the time, my life just seemed too complete, and maybe we have to break everything to make something better out of ourselves.”
“May I never be complete. May I never be content. May I never be perfect.”
“You fix what you can fix and you let the rest go. If there ain’t nothin to be done about it it ain’t even a problem. It’s just a aggravation.”
“You’re afraid of making mistakes. Don’t be. Mistakes can be profited by. Man, when I was young I shoved my ignorance in people’s faces. They beat me with sticks. By the time I was forty my blunt instrument had been honed to a fine cutting point for me. If you hide your ignorance, no one will hit you and you’ll never learn.”
“Don’t ask for guarantees. And don’t look to be saved in any one thing, person, machine, or library. Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were heading for shore.”
“It is no shame to have a dirty face – the shame comes when you keep it dirty.”
“If you are under the impression you have already perfected yourself, you will never rise to the heights you are no doubt capable of.”
“We should strive to welcome change and challenges, because they are what help us grow.”
“You can’t get away from yourself by moving from one place to another.”
