Mantras for Robert E. Perrine

Growing old is mandatory, growing wise is optional.
Robert Perrine

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."
Mahatma Gandhi

Life is an opportunity to experience the universe. Do you accept the invitation?
Robert Perrine, 2007

Rousseau wrote a short phrase that has been my theme for more than thirty years now:
"Imperceptibly we fall into perilous situations, from which we can no longer extricate ourselves without heroic efforts which appal us; and at last we fall into the abyss, reproaching God, 'Why hast thou made me so weak?' But, in spite of ourselves, He replies to our consciences, 'I have made you too weak to save yourself from the abyss, because I made you strong enough not to fall into it.'"