“Must one first batter their ears, that they may learn to hear with their eyes? Must one clatter like kettledrums and penitential preachers? Or do they only believe the stammerer?”
“One must learn an inner solitude, wherever one may be.”
“one must first learn to live oneself before one blames others”
“Before one may scare the plain people one must first have a firm understanding of the bugaboos that most facilely alarm them. One must study the schemes that have served to do it in the past, and one must study very carefully the technic of the chief current professionals.”
“To truly learn from someone or something, one must first learn to love them.”
“In order for one to learn the important lessons of life, one must first overcome a fear each day.”