We should be more anxious that our afflictions should benefit us than that they should be speedily removed from us.
“Everybody wants to be a better version of themselves - everybody. And I hope one day I can lose some weight. Maybe, who knows, I'll hire myself a trainer and a fancy cook. In five years, maybe I'll be an action hero. Then again, maybe I'll just be this guy. Who knows? But the fun part is embracing t”
“At Berkeley I had my first encounter with real professional scientists.”