“Neither the uneducated and uninformed of the truth, nor yet those who never make an end of their education, will be able ministers of State; not the former, because they have no single aim of duty which is the rule of all their actions, private as well as public; nor the latter, because they will not act at all except upon compulsion, fancying that they are already dwelling apart in the islands of the blest.” Republic

Stop the excuses and the procrastination. This is your life! You aren't a child anymore.... The longer you wait, the more you'll be vulnerable to mediocrity and feel filled with shame and regret, because you know you are capable of better. From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself. Separate yourself from the mob. Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do -- now. The Art of Living

“Many call this process 'the destruction of nature.' But it's not really destruction, it's change. Nature cannot be destroyed.” Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Desire's wind blasts the thorntree but after it becomes from a bramblebush to be a rose upon the rood of time. Ulysses