“We usually strive to reveal in others the blemishes we hide in ourselves.” – Eric Hoffer

“A man that works with his hands and brain is a craftsman. A man that works with his hands, and brain, and heart is an artist.” – Louis Nizer

People don’t choose careers. They are engulfed by them.” – John Dos Passos

“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.” – Confucius

“On the last day of the world, I would want to plant a tree.” – from W.S. Merwin’s poem Place.

“If you are sincere, praise is effective. If you are insincere, it is manipulative.” – Zig Ziglar

“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.” – Ernest Hemingway

“There is a passion for hunting something deeply implanted in the human breast.” – Charles Dickens