"If we turn away from our own pain, we may find ourselves projecting this aversion onto others, seeing them as somehow inadequate for being in a troubled situation."
- Sharon Salzberg
"They found the library sadly lacking in texts they could use."
- Marge Piercy
"One does not suffer nearly so much from one's inadequacies as from one's unused abilities."
- CrimethInc.
"It is never worth while to absolutely exhaust one's self or to take big chances unless for an adequate object."
- Theodore Roosevelt