“The law, for all its failings, has a noble goal - to make the little bit of life that people can actually control more just. We can't end disease or natural disasters, but we can devise rules for our dealings with one another that fairly weigh the rights and needs of everyone, and which, therefore, reflect our best vision of ourselves.” PeopleNeedsLittlesEndsLawBitsGoalNaturalVisionRightsFailingDiseaseLittle BitNobleDisasterFairnessDealingsNatural Disaster Author:Scott Turow
“though humility and acknowledgement of one's real failings is good, the gratuitous eating of worms not put before us by God does not nourish our souls a bit - merely in fact upsets the spiritual tummy.” DoeRealSoulFactsSpiritualBitsFailingHumilityEatingUpsetWormsShortcomingsAcknowledgement Author:Evelyn Underhill
“I don't think anyone's a failure as long as they're still innocent. Just a little. They may lose everything good in them but as long as they believe just a little in something very small, they're still innocent. To fail is to lose every bit of innocence.” ThinkingBelieveMayLittlesLongStillsBitsLosesFailingFailureInnocentInnocence Author:Charlotte Bingham
“I think being young in a grownup world, I think it stunted me a little bit. I had to grow up too fast on the outside, but I didn't get to grow up on the inside in the way that you might if you're allowed to fail more.” IfsThinkingWorldWayLittlesMightYoungGrowsBitsGrowing UpFailingLittle BitGrownups Author:Laura Benanti
“I'm not singer; every time I have the urge to sing something, I don't want to do it in front of certain people. I was always that kid afraid of failing, so I just didn't do things. I don't know how to ride a bike, I don't know how to drive. I broke out of shell a bit, and I still am. I think it's more about trying to be the full person I imagine myself to be, regardless of what that means in terms of labels, shade from people, and all of that.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantTryingMeanPersonsStillsKidsCertainBitsTermKnow HowImagineFailingFrontsSingersLabelsBrokeUrgesShadeShellsBike Author:Le1f
“Somewhat predictably, I'm much more comfortable in front of an audience - and a big audience is even better - than faced with one stranger. This always seems like a bit of a failing on my part, as a human. I think that's also why I put myself situations where I'm forced to engage in other ways.” ThinkingWayHumansBigsSeemsBitsSituationAudienceFailingFrontsComfortableStranger Author:Miranda July
“When you spend so much time trying to father well, and failing, and trying again, and hopefully failing better, it's going to seep into your work. And when you give yourself permission to explore the grottiest bits of your psyche (like Louis CK) (who totally stole that move from me) (not really), to exaggerate the edge of the rustiest blades of your IRL mind, you'll occasionally come up with something that holds real power.” GivingTryingMindWellsRealMovingFatherBitsFailingEdgesCome UpHopefullyPermissionBladesReal Power Author:Roy Kesey