“The whole strenuous intellectual work of an industrious research worker would appear, after all, in vain and hopeless, if he were not occasionally through some striking facts to find that he had, at the end of all his criss-cross journeys, at last accomplished at least one step which was conclusively nearer the truth.” IfsEndsWholeFactsLastsScienceStepsJourneyHard WorkIntellectualResearchCrossesWorkersVainAccomplishmentAccomplishedHopelessIndustrious Author:Max Planck
“Shame, I do believe, is the most powerful emotion known to man; most discoveries and journeys of importance have been accomplished because of the ignominy that would be the result if the attempt was abandoned.” IfsMenBelieveHas BeensWould BeResultsPowerfulEmotionKnownJourneyDiscoveryImportanceShameAccomplishedMost PowerfulAbandonedIgnominyPowerful Emotions Book:An Instance of the Fingerpost Source: An Instance of the Fingerpost
“It was being a runner that mattered, not how fast or how far I could run. The joy was in the act of running and in the journey, not in the destination. We have a better chance of seeing where we are when we stop trying to get somewhere else. We can enjoy every moment of movement, as long as where we are is as good as where we'd like to be. That's not to say that you need to be satisfied forever with where you are today. But you need to honor what you've accomplished, rather than thinking of what's left to be done (p. 159).” ThinkingNeedsTryingLongDoneMomentsRunningTodayJoyLeftEnjoyChanceForeverSeeingJourneyMovementHonorSatisfiedAccomplishedDestinationWhere You AreRunnersSomewhere ElseStop Trying Author:John Bingham
“And in truth (as I now see) I had the wish to put off my journey as long as I could. Not for any peril or labour it might cost; but because I could see nothing in the whole world for me to do once it was accomplished. AS long as this act lay before me, there was, as it were, some barrier between me and the dead desert which the rest of my life must be.” WorldLongWholeMightWishJourneyCostLaysWhole WorldDesertAccomplishedLabourBarriersPerilMy Journey Author:C. S. Lewis