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He could have placed streetlamps along all the pathways of wisdom, but then there would be no journey. Who would discover the secret passages, the hidden treasures, if all of us homed in straight for our destination?

— Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson (via)  <link>

Experience

Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted.

— Author unknown, quoted by Randy Pausch in The Last Lecture  <link>

It’s not how hard you hit. It’s how hard you get hit…and keep moving forward.

— Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture  <link>

No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse. At the same time, it is often within our power to make them better.

— Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture  <link>

Sometimes, the most impenetrable brick walls are made of flesh.

— Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture  <link>

Brick Walls

The brick walls are there for a reason. They’re not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.

— Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture  <link>

When there is an elephant in the room, introduce it.

— Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture  <link>

“Allow me to explain about the theatre business. The natural condition is one of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster.”

“So what do we do?”

“Nothing. Strangely enough, it all turns out well.”

“How?”

“I don’t know. It’s a mystery.”

— from the movie, Shakespeare In Love  <link>