Seize any opportunity, or anything that looks like opportunity. They are rare, much rarer than you think... -- Nassim Nicholas Taleb, "The Black Swan".

For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them. -- Aristotle.

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. -- Benjamin Franklin

You must always work not just within but below your means. If you can handle three elements, handle only two. If you can handle ten, then handle five. In that way the ones you do handle, you handle with more ease, more mastery and you create a feeling of strength in reserve. -- Pablo Picasso

Functional programming is like describing your problem to a mathematician. Imperative programming is like giving instructions to an idiot. -- arcus, #scheme on Freenode

Two people should stay together if together they are better people than they would be individually. -- ?

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid. ~Audre Lorde

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. ~Jim Ryun

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. ~Anonymous