I must never equate the degree of pain as evidencing the incorrectness of a decision, for if I do I will default on some of the most critical decisions I should have ever made.

Most of my failures can be ascribed to the fact that I chose that which was ‘easy’ over that which was ‘right’. And while it’s ‘right’ to admit this to myself, it isn’t ‘easy.’ So, which choice am I going to make this time?

Instinct is all of our humanity being deliberately honest with all of life.

I'm in a hole because at some point I found a shovel and started digging. Maybe I should trade my shovels for ladders and start climbing.

The common theme of common sense is that it’s commonly rejected as uncommonly demanding.

Genius without wisdom is like a plane without wings; it will navigate the runway but it will never know the sky.