Who I am, what I am, is the culmination of a lifetime of reading, a lifetime of stories. And there are still so many more books to read. I'm a work in progress.
Don't you find that the more you know, the more you don't know and can't ever learn because there's too much stuff out there?
Most novices picture themselves as masters - and are content with the picture. This is why there are so few masters.
Many people on our planet right now despair; they think we've reached a point where we've discovered most of the things. I'm going tell you right now: Please don't despair.
You think you've done it all, and then you realize, 'No, there's so much more to do.'
Success is a scary concept because it assumes something kind of final. In the grand scheme of life, I don't think there is some ultimate success.
Once you know that every moment and every person and every situation has something to teach you, you're a student all day. You know it's the depth of your observation that is the issue - not how much the world has to show you.
The wisest man may be wiser to-day than he was yesterday, and to-morrow than he is to-day. Total freedom from change would imply total freedom from error; but this is the prerogative of Omniscience alone.
