Although it's risky and hard, seek[ing] first to understand, or diagnose[,] before you prescribe, is a correct principle manifest in many areas of life. ... If you don't have confidence in the diagnosis, you won't have confidence in the prescription. (Steven R. Covey, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, p. 243-44)
To overcome my faults, I must first know what they are. Then I must admit to them, and finally, with patient self-correction, diminish them, even it I cannot set myself wholly free. (One Day at a Time in Al-Anon, 19 June)
If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking. Angels whisper to a man when he goes for a walk. (Raymond Inmonin in Touchstones, 1 July)
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