“Goodness was not a trait you acquired; it was a value you practiced when you were on the verge of doing evil.”
“Practice, practice, practice writing. Writing is a craft that requires both talent and acquired skills. You learn by doing, by making mistakes and then seeing where you went wrong.”
“do no harm. help when you can. return good for evil.”
“You have no choice about your capacity to feel that something is good for you or evil, but what you will consider good or evil, what will give you joy or pain, what you will love or hate, desire or fear, depends on your standard of value.”
“Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good.”
“Practice isn't the thing you do once you're good. It's the thing you do that makes you good.”