“A blank slate is covered with preconceptions and then the preconceptions serve as the middle man between the perceiver and the perceived.”

“They have no choice but to dwell on the nonsense of trivialities and grumble at the slightest irritations because a mind cannot be left empty.”

“Only the momentum of negative experiences allow a man to generate the elevated moments of clarity that in turn bear upon him the capacity to be and do something creative and resourceful.”

“Errors are invariably the polishing agent that produces mastery in every line of art, science, and approach to living life with dignity.”