The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet gone ourselves. In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. I am become death, shatterer of worlds.
Truth is eternal, knowledge is changeable.
It is disastrous to confuse them. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing, and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization. A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works. Wasting time is an important part of living. I'd rather be pissed off than pissed on.