“I find nothing more frightening than a man trying to do what he has decided is important. Very little in the world has ever gone astray—at least on a grand scale—because a person decided to be frivolous”
― Words of Radiance
― Words of Radiance
“A man will find a single coin in the mud and talk about it for days, but when his inheritance comes and is accounted one percent less than he expected, then he will declare himself cheated.”
― Words of Radiance
― Words of Radiance
“Progress is learning to control your world.”
― Words of Radiance
― Words of Radiance
“Beauty was out there, all around. To create art was not to capture it, but to participate in it.”
― Words of Radiance
― Words of Radiance
“A leader did not slump. A leader was in control. Even when he least felt like he controlled anything. Especially then.”
― Words of Radiance
― Words of Radiance
Carson’s 2025 Year in Books
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