He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart and in our own despair against our will comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes.

Man learns through experience and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties and obstacles and they are the very experiences he needs to encourage and complete the cleansing process.

A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.

Maybe the body learns from dreams. Maybe the muscles the neutrons revitalize.

Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.

He who laughs most learns best.

Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. In the end he knows all the tricks and has nothing to say.