“The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough.”

— Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture (2007)

About Randy Pausch

1960 – 2008

American computer-science professor, author of "The Last Lecture".

“We don't beat the reaper by living longer, but by living well, and living fully.”

“Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.”

“Never lose the child-like wonder. It's just too important. It's what drives us.”

“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.”

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“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”

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“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

“He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.”

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“The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.”

“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”