I had never seen a prison, nor had I even imagined one, but there is a racial memory in man that instinctively knows of these things. The architecture of misery has an unmistakable look and feel about it.
Bryce CourtenayNever take advice from a donkey.
Bryce CourtenayTag: advice
The power of one is above all things the power to believe in yourself, ofen well beyond any latent ability you may have previously demonstrated. The mind is the athlete, the body is simply the means it uses to run faster or longer, jump higher, shoot straighter, kick better, swim harder, hit further, or box better.
Bryce CourtenayGood conversational debate is an end in itself, and talking for the love of conversation is what makes us human.
Bryce CourtenayIn teaching me independence of thought, they had given me the greatest gift an adult can give to a child besides love, and they had given me that also.
Bryce CourtenayAs is so often the case with a legend, every incident has two possible interpretations, the plausible and the one that is molded to suit the making of the myth. Man is a romantic at heart and will always put aside dull, plodding reason for the excitement of an enigma. As Doc had pointed out, mystery, not logic, is what gives us hope and keeps us believing in a force greater than our own insignificance.
Bryce CourtenayWhen men can be made to hope, then they can be made to win.
Bryce CourtenayFirst with the head, then with the heart, you'll be ahead from the start.
Bryce CourtenayPride is holding your head up when everyone around you has theirs bowed. Courage is what makes you do it.
Bryce CourtenayTag: courage pride self-confidence
what is a german? to say a man is a german, what is that? does it tell you if he is a good man? or a bad man? no, my friend, it tells you nothing about a man to say he is german. a man must think what he is inside. what he is on the outside, how can this matter?
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