The great thing about working out at a gym is that if you put in effort, you get very obvious results. The same should be true of college. A professor’s job is to teach students how to see their minds growing in the same way they can see their muscles grow when they look in a mirror.

If she doesn't really love you, then it's over. And if she does love you, then love will win out.

Education best serves students by helping them be more self-reflective.

I have never thought of writing as hard work, but I have worked hard to find a voice.

Apologies are not pass/fail.

Brick walls are there for reason. And once you get over them-- even if someone has practically had to throw you over-- it can be helpful to others to tell them how you did it.

Time must be explicitly managed, like money.