“When you work under the cloud of anxiety, the best strategy is to play it safe, because if (when!) it fails, you’ll be blameless.”
“It's fun to be on the edge. I think you do your best work when you take chances when you're not safe when you're not in the middle of the road...”
“When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.”
“Playing it safe is the most popular way to fail.”
“And what's the best of all," he said, "you've been more comfortable alonger me, since I was under a dark cloud, than when the sun shone. That's the best of all.”
“Perhaps only when human effort had done it's best and failed, would God's power alone be free to work.”