“Enthusiastic admiration is the first principle of knowledge and the last”

“Poetry is the first and last of all knowledge - it is as immortal as the heart of man.”

“There is another Brain Principle to go with ‘First Things First’: that of‘Last Things Too’. This states that, all other things being equal, you willrecall more easily the ‘last’ things. Check your own memory banks andsee if this principle holds for the following.You will probably recall:� -The last new person you met� -The last time you saw the person you love the most� -The last social event you attended”

“When I get hold of a book I particularly admire, I am so enthusiastic that I loan it to someone who never brings it back.”

“Lastly, notice your level of enthusiasm. If you had to decide right now how enthusiastic you are about being a writer, on a scale from one to ten, where one is not at all enthusiastic, and ten is extremely enthusiastic, what is your level of enthusiasm about writing?”

“Principles are the territory. Values are maps. When we value correct principles, we have truth -- a knowledge of things as they are.”