had to laugh. as an EFL teacher, i tell students this all the time: english isn't easy but if you dont speak then you wont grow. this goes for the same in life in general: being too meek will keep you where you are and so we need courage in order to reach our maximum. a fun read; well-spoken.
Strindberg said.
" When I come home and sit at my writing table, then I live.... I live, and I live in manifold fashion of all human beings. I depict; I am glad with the glad, wicked with the wicked,.. more..