Are these perilous times? They are. But we can have peace in our hearts and in our homes. — Gordon B. Hinkley
Just because I have rice on my clothes doesn't mean I've been to a wedding. A chinese man threw up on me.
It must be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success nor more dangerous to manage than the creation of a new system. For the initiator has the enmity of all who profit by the preservation of the old institution and merely lukewarm defenders in those who would gain by the new one.
Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily; and why older persons, especially if vain or important, cannot learn at all.