"A warrior takes his lot, whatever it may be, and accepts it in ultimate humbleness. He accepts in humbleness what he is, not as a grounds for regret but as a living challenge."

-- Carlos Castaneda

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“[On religion:] Wasn't it invented by man for a kind of solace? It's as though he had said, 'I'll make me a nice comfortable garment to shut out the heat and the cold,' and then it ends by becoming a strait-jacket.”
“I don't think there is a single social issue I haven't spoken on.”
“It's essential for us to develop an imagination that is participatory. Art is the primary way in which this happens. It's the primary way in which we become what we see or hear.”
“Let us keep a firm grip upon our money, for without it the whole assembly of virtues are but as blades of grass.”
“If you're crazy enough to do what you love for a living, then you're bound to create a life that matters.”
“Writing is agony for me. I work at it eight hours every day, hoping to get six pages, but I am satisfied with three.”
“What counts, I found, is not what you cover, but what you uncover. Covering subjects in a class can be a boring exercise, and students feel it. Uncovering the laws of physics and making them see through the equations, on the other hand, demonstrates the process of discovery, with all its newness and excitement, and students love being part of it.”

Source : Walter Lewin (2012). “For the Love of Physics: From the End of the Rainbow to the Edge of Time - A Journey Through the Wonders of Physics”, p.2, Simon and Schuster
“The verb 'to darn' is explained in my pocket dictionary as follows: 'To mend by imitating the texture of the stuff, with thread and needle.' But this definition does not correspond to the work accomplished by good Chinese housewives. When they mend a sock, they do not try 'to imitate the texture of the stuff'. Their art makes no attempt at concealment: it even takes a certain pride in revealing itself.”

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