One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be read more

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.

If I had more skill in what I'm attempting, I wouldn't need so much courage

If I had more skill in what I'm attempting, I wouldn't need so much courage

How is it that so often . . . I get the feeling I've worked hard to learn something I read more

How is it that so often . . . I get the feeling I've worked hard to learn something I already know, or knew, once.

Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a read more

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.

Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of read more

Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life.

Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.

Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.

A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people

A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.