"Adversity in immunological doses has its uses;..." - Quote by John Updike
Adversity in immunological doses has its uses; more than that crushes.
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“Some golfers, we are told, enjoy the landscape; but properly, the landscape shrivels and compresses into the grim, surrealistically vivid patch of grass directly under the golfer's eyes as he morosely walks toward where he thinks his ball might be.”
“The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and he does it without destroying something else.”
“...but with his mother there's no question of liking him they're not even in a way separate people he began in her stomach and if she gave him life she can take it away and if he feels that withdrawal it will be the grave itself.”
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“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.”
“When he is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood; he has gained facts; learns his ignorance; is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation and real skill.”
“For a while they stood there, like men on the edge of a sleep where nightmare lurks, holding it off, though they know that they can only come to morning through the shadows.”
More on Resilience
“Don't be careless about yourselves--on the other hand not too careful. Live well but do not flaunt it. Laugh a little and teach your men to laugh--get good humor under fire--war is a game that's played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.”
“To hell with them. Nothing hurts if you don't let it.”
“The rain has spoiled the farmer's day;Shall sorrow put my books away?Thereby are two days lost.”