There can be no freedom without freedom to fail. - Eric Hoffer

There is perhaps no surer way of infecting ourselves with virulent hatred toward a person than by doing him a grave injustice.

Empathy, alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us.

They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than to insufficient application. At the core of every true talent there is an awareness of the difficulties inherent in any achievement, and the confidence that by persistence and patience something worthwhile will be realized. Thus talent is a species of vigor.