We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

In times of change learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.

The fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people from becoming anything.

Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul.

An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head.