By three methods we may learn wisdom: First by reflection which is noblest Second by imitation which is easiest and third by experience which is the bitterest.
When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached don't adjust the goals...
It evolved from my experience in the fifties growing up during the McCarthy...
I find that the older I get the more I see that there really aren't huge zeniths of happiness or a huge abyss of darkness as much as there used to be.