2 Quotes From Others
I.
Novelist Toni Morrison on invention:
"If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. The same is true of any endeavor: if the solution you seek doesn't exist, create it."
Source: 1981 Ohio Arts Council Speech
II.
Psychiatrist Thomas Szasz on what is required to learn:
"Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily; and why older persons, especially if vain or important, cannot learn at all."
Source: Words to the Wise (hat tip to Dylan O'Sullivan)