“Renaissance. This is the time, today, to renew, to live, to grow and learn. Do not wait for Renaissance to come, to reveal itself. Create Renaissance. Build on it, moment by moment, each breath, adding effort to expertise to renewal, awakening, coming alive, quickening. Renaissance is struggle to light from darkness, and can be either positive or extremely negative; to some part is choice, and emotions and attitudes may be changed, instantaneously. Work with all might, at Renaissance. Strive boldly, and hope.”
— Douglas Christian Larsen
“Life has meaning only in the struggle.
Triumph or defeat is in the hands of God.
So let us celebrate the struggle!”
— Swahili Warrior Song
“Then let us all do what is right, strive with all our might toward the unattainable, develop as fully as we can the gifts God has given us, and never stop learning.”
— Ludwig van Beethoven
“If you believe something, and don't know why you believe it, you better sit down and think about your beliefs, and figure out as best you can what and why you believe what you believe, and this effort will probably hurt, at least at first, as all of that untapped brain power kicks into life. But if you practice thinking for yourself for a while, the skill will prove more beneficial to your whole life than anything else you've ever attempted.”
— Douglas Christian Larsen
“We have to keep reminding ourselves, because we keep forgetting, and no one else seems to remember the fact that we are happiest when we choose to be happy, regardless of our circumstances or the people around us or what has happened to us or what is happening right at this moment. Life is hard, and it is a real struggle, and the harder life is the greater our achievement in surviving, and doing better than mere survival.”
— Douglas Christian Larsen
