La haine est une liqueur précieuse, un poison plus cher que celui des Borgia, - car il est fait avec notre sang, notre santé, notre sommeil, et les deux tiers de notre amour! Il faut en être avare! -- Charles Baudelaire, Conseils aux jeunes littérateurs.

There really is no learning without doing. -- Roger Schank, Engines for Education

Mastering isn’t a survival instinct; it’s an urge to excel. Mastering is one of the experiences that delineates us from animals. It is striving to be more tomorrow than we are today; to perfectly pitch the ball over home plate; to craft the perfect sentence in an article; to open the oven and feel the warm, richly-scented cloud telling you dinner is going to be absolutely extraordinary. We humans crave perfection, to be masters of our domain, to distinguish ourselves by sheer skill and prowess. -- Joesgoals.com

In terms of energy, it's better to make a wrong choice than none at all. -- George Leonard, Mastery.

One of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that–lacking zero–they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs. -- Robert Firth

Any fool can make the simple complex, only a smart person can make the complex simple. -- unknown

You may only succeed if you desire succeeding; you may only fail if you do not mind failing. ~Philippos

The starting point of all achievement is desire. ~Napolean Hill

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. –Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I find that when you have a real interest in life and a curious life, that sleep is not the most important thing. ~Martha Stewart