“We work to become, not to acquire.”
“As we acquire knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious.”
“When all hopes are lost, only then does reality acquire that sharp focus that defines who we are and what we have become.”
“Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.”
“lest the habit of work should be broken, and a taste for idleness acquired”
“Wealth, status, and power have become in our culture all too powerful symbols of happiness. ... And we assume that if only we could acquire some of those same symbols, we would be nuch happier.”