No matter how one may think himself accomplished, when he sets out

No matter how one may think himself accomplished, when he sets out to learn a new language, science, or the bicycle, he has entered a new realm as truly as if he were a child newly born into the world. – Frances Willard, How I Learned to Ride the Bicycle

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