I don’t like to lose—at anything—yet I’ve grown most not from victories, but setbacks.

Creativity is not a gift; it's a skill that can be developed.

The melancholy science from which I make this offering to my friend relates to a region that from time immemorial was regarded as the true field of philosophy, but which, since the latter's conversion into method, has lapsed into intellectual neglect, sententious whimsy, and finally oblivion.