“Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.”
“It is always the start that requires the greatest effort.”
“Collaboration, it turns out, is not a gift from the gods but a skill that requires effort and practice.”
“You just sit there and tolerate it, the same way everything in this country is tolerated. Every deception, every lie, every bullet in the brains. Just as you are already tolerating bullets in the brains that will be implemented only after the bullet is put in your brains.”
“If you can keep hope and worry balanced, they will drive a project forward the same way your two legs drive a bicycle forward.”
“The greatest danger of being gifted, is that you may never learn how to make an effort.”