It is not the length of life, but the depth of life. He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

He has not learned the lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.

In actions of enthusiasm, this drawback appears: but in those lower activities, which have no higher aim than to make us more comfortable and more cowardly, in actions of cunning, actions that steal and lie, actions that divorce the speculative from the practical faculty, and put a ban on reason and sentiment, there is nothing else but drawback and negation.

Common sense is as rare as genius.

I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives.