To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Wherever you are - be all there.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Never complain and never explain.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Only the educated are free.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Restless, and in desperate need of adventure, I quit my job at an insurance company to travel west with a couple of guys I smoked pot with, scandalizing my family.