Michael

“Keep the extent of your abilities unknown.The wise man does not allow his knowledge and abilities to be sounded to the bottom, if he desires to be honored at all. He allows you to know them but not to comprehend them. No one must know the extent of his abilities, lest he be disappointed. No one ever has an opportunity of fathoming him entirely. For guesses and doubts about the extent of his talents arouse more veneration than accurate knowledge of them, be they ever so great.”
― Baltasar Gracián, The Art of Worldly Wisdom: A Pocket Oracle

“The essence of EMS is that we know we'll be back tomorrow, because even from here - surrounded by the hysteria of an unexpected death - we'll hear a baby coughing in the next room.”
― Kevin Hazzard

“Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater. Keep your thoughts free from hate, and you need have no fear from those who hate you.”
― George Washington Carver

“Salvation comes through repetition. This I can do because I have done it before—it's half prayer, half truth, a whisper in a hurricane of self-doubt.”
― Kevin Hazzard, A Thousand Naked Strangers: a Paramedic's Wild Ride to the Edge and Back