30 Quotes by John Kramer

Too much reason limits man to the physical world and blinds his imagination to the greater things that may be. But too much faith blinds him from curing the human suffering in this world. Men with too much faith accept suffering; they expect it and even seek it out.

In politics and passion, perception is reality.

Discontent comes from two sources alone: Not having dreams, or not pursuing the ones you have. No one has ever died sorry who tried to turn a wish into a memory.

Man must be free or he will not survive.

She who follows another’s course, finds a sure path to her own remorse.

There is no shame in ignorance and failing; there is only shame in not being willing to learn and repeating the same errors over again.

Some people are anchored to this world by their feet, others by their fears.

When there is a crisis, let your heart pray, but let your hands work.

Catastrophe alone sparks man’s salvation. I don’t mean in the religious sense, although I guess it is appropriate there, too, because believers agree that salvation comes only after death. It is part of the human near-tragedy that we learn more from loss than from gain. Gain binds us until we stumble and fall into that black pit then we find the spirit of understanding and truth. And if we fall far enough and still persist, we find our salvation.