Cascade I
The Cascade of Beginnings
Every life starts twice: once when we are born, and again the first time we choose something for ourselves. These are words for the second beginning.
On Youth
“Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart.” Qoheleth, c. 250 BC
On the Courage to Start
“The journey of a thousand li commenced with a single step.” Lao Tzu, c. 400 BC
On First Choices
“Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.” Solomon, c. 700 BC
On Becoming Yourself
“There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide.” Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1841
On Learning
“Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous.” Confucius, c. 479 BC
On Leaving Home
“Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee.” The Book of Genesis, c. 600 BC
On Ambition's Dawn
“Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.” Solomon, c. 700 BC
What the Old Would Tell the Young
“With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.” The Book of Job, c. 500 BC