“It is very difficult to teach navigation theory to someone who clings to the shore.”
“[…]Frisbee people won’t let it go. My theory is that this is because there’s a huge overlap between people who are good at Frisbee and people who do Teach for America.”
“Experience by itself teaches nothing... Without theory, experience has no meaning. Without theory, one has no questions to ask. Hence, without theory, there is no learning.”
“However a man who was honest and clever was always, ALWAYS more difficult to scam than someone who was both dishonest and clever.Sincerity. It was so difficult , by definition, to fake.”
“Cling to the One who clings to nothing;And so clinging, cease to cling.”
“It's difficult to teach how to write novels, but teaching swimming is just as hard.”