On Urgency

December 4, 2022

Autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats.

December 5, 2022

Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness.

December 6, 2022

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

December 7, 2022

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

December 8, 2022

And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, if this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.

December 9, 2022

In the end, winning is sleeping better.

December 10, 2022

Love the discipline you know, and let it support you.