Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Know or listen to those who know.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Certainly the experiences of Seth and his relationship to his parents and his point of view of the world are very similar to my own and very much based on my experiences at the University of Southern California.