One thing is clear to me. You can't know everything you'd like to know. You can't do everything you'd like to do. You can't read everything you'd like to read. You must hold onto some things and let go of others. Learning to make that choice is one of the big lessons of this life.

—Gordon Atkinson

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External signs of wealth and success are often cheap storefronts that hide internal mediocrity or even incompetence.

—Gordon Atkinson

The human heart cannot love the whole world. And if you try to put the whole world into your heart, you will eventually lose touch with your own humanity.

—Gordon Atkinson

Good writing takes more than just time; it wants your best moments and the best of you.

—Gordon Atkinson

My life is the story of a man who always wants to carry too much. My spiritual quest is the painful process of learning to let go of things not essential.

—Gordon Atkinson

Memory is a giggling sprite and will not be tamed. She takes flight the moment the present becomes the past.

—Gordon Atkinson