Essential Zen

I've installed Linux and have been learning its ins and outs lately, something I've wanted to do for a while. One of the things it does when you first logon is to display a nifty saying. This one this morning bears repeating:

e. e. cummings wrote:To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best night and day to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle any human being can fight and never stop fighting.