The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.
So what I want to argue for is not that we should give up on our ideas of success, but we should make sure that they are our own. We should focus in on our ideas, and make sure that we own them; that we are truly the authors of our own ambitions. Because it's bad enough not getting what you want, but it's even worse to have an idea of what it is you want, and find out, at the end of the journey, that it isn't, in fact, what you wanted all along.
"Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter."
Tolerance is the quality of truly powerful individuals.
I'm not a person who is comfortable with confrontation, but I will stand up for myself if I have to.