“Where the craving for admiration and approval predominates, intellectual rigor cannot thrive, if it survives at all.”
“I cannot help thinking that there is something to admire in everyone, even if you do not approve of them.”
“Surviving ain't thriving.”
“Deep” to me connotes intellectual rigor, not fashionable obscurity or the unnecessarily academic.”
“Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant.”
“I want to thrive not just survive”