To give advice to a man who asks what to do with his life implies something very close to egomania. To presume to point a man to the right and ultimate goal — to point with a trembling finger in the RIGHT direction is something only a fool would take upon himself.
Hunter S. Thompson, “Advice to Hume Logan” in Shaun Usher’s Letters of Note: An Eclectic Collection of Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience, 1958 (via burnaway)