posted by outpostbabu at 1:56 AM
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Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
If a hammer doesn't fix it you have an electrical problem.
The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
Do or do not, there is no "try".
When you shudder at how infinitesimally small you are, remember: space that appears to need nothing, does crave, as a matter of fact, an outside gaze, a criterion of emptiness - of its depth and scope. And it's only you who can do the job.
Even though my trip turned out badly, I don't regret the kind of life I chose to live.
Stop trying to impose on my right to shoot wolves from a helicopter.
Don't ask people who swim across the river how to build a bridge.
Why program by hand in five days what you can spend five years of your life automating?
