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> [Success is a dangerous element in any endeavor. Embrace the struggle. Beware the achievement. For it steals your caution even as it leads you down the next unknown pathway.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-gonzales/success-is-a-dangerous-element-in-any-endeavor-embrace-the-struggle/)

[Laurence Gonzales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-gonzales/)

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## More by Laurence Gonzales

> [Bureaucracies force us to practice nonsense. And if you rehearse nonsense, you may one day find yourself the victim of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-gonzales/bureaucracies-force-us-to-practice-nonsense-and-if-you-rehearse/)

[Laurence Gonzales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-gonzales/)

> [“I cast myself across the land in search of enlightenment, and here is what I found: that matter and energy are one continuous flow.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-gonzales/i-cast-myself-across-the-land-in-search-of-enlightenment-and-here-is/)

[Laurence Gonzales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-gonzales/)

> [“How, I wondered, can we wake up for this amazing journey that is so quickly ended? How can we experience the live performance of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-gonzales/how-i-wondered-can-we-wake-up-for-this-amazing-journey-that-is-so/)

[Laurence Gonzales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-gonzales/)

> [The word 'experienced' often refers to someone who's gotten away with doing the wrong thing more frequently than you have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-gonzales/the-word-experienced-often-refers-to-someone-who-s-gotten-away-with/)

[Laurence Gonzales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-gonzales/)

> [We don't understand the power of nature and the world because we don't live with it. Our environment is designed to sustain us. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-gonzales/we-don-t-understand-the-power-of-nature-and-the-world-because-we-don/)

[Laurence Gonzales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-gonzales/)

> [The maddening thing for someone with a Western scientific turn of mind is that it’s not what’s in your pack that separates the quick…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-gonzales/the-maddening-thing-for-someone-with-a-western-scientific-turn-of/)

[Laurence Gonzales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-gonzales/)

> [“What does brace mean, anyway? Brace. Such an odd word. It comes from the Latin brachium, meaning arm. It means, as its heart, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-gonzales/what-does-brace-mean-anyway-brace-such-an-odd-word-it-comes-from-the/)

[Laurence Gonzales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-gonzales/)

> [Survival is the celebration of choosing life over death. We know we're going to die. We all die. But survival is saying: perhaps not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-gonzales/survival-is-the-celebration-of-choosing-life-over-death-we-know-we-re/)

[Laurence Gonzales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-gonzales/)

> [The summit is not the only place on the mountain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-gonzales/the-summit-is-not-the-only-place-on-the-mountain/)

[Laurence Gonzales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-gonzales/)

> [To deal with reality you must first recognize it as such.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-gonzales/to-deal-with-reality-you-must-first-recognize-it-as-such/)

[Laurence Gonzales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-gonzales/)

> [“With the illusion that we have dominion over the earth we conclude we have nothing to fear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-gonzales/with-the-illusion-that-we-have-dominion-over-the-earth-we-conclude-we/)

[Laurence Gonzales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-gonzales/)

> [As you run out of options and energy you must become resigned to your plight. Like it or not you must make a new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-gonzales/as-you-run-out-of-options-and-energy-you-must-become-resigned-to-your/)

[Laurence Gonzales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-gonzales/)

> [We think we believe what we know, but we only truly believe what we feel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-gonzales/we-think-we-believe-what-we-know-but-we-only-truly-believe-what-we/)

[Laurence Gonzales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-gonzales/)

> [But what is the way forward? I know what it isn't. It's not, as we once believed, plenty to eat and a home with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-gonzales/but-what-is-the-way-forward-i-know-what-it-isn-t-it-s-not-as-we-once/)

[Laurence Gonzales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-gonzales/)

> [The sun beams are always there. The trick is in seeing them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurence-gonzales/the-sun-beams-are-always-there-the-trick-is-in-seeing-them/)

[Laurence Gonzales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurence-gonzales/)

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