"I walk slowly, but I never walk backwards."
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"I walk slowly, but I never walk backwards."
But I am wiser than that. I have learned that the swiftest traveller is he that goes afoot.
Henry David Thoreau ā¢ Walden (AmazonClassics Edition)
In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step back into safety.
ā Abraham Maslow
One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.
Shall I not follow in the footsteps of my predecessors? I shall indeed use the old road, but if I find one that makes a shorter cut and is smoother to travel, I shall open the new road. Men who have made these discoveries before us are not our masters, but our guides. Truth lies open for all; it has not yet been monopolized. And there is plenty of ... See more