Simplicity means the achievement of maximum effect with minimum means. -- Dr. Koichi Kawana

To follow the path: look to the master, follow the master, walk with the master, see through the master, become the master. -- Modern zen Poem

A person won't retain proficiency at a task unless he or she has at one time learned to perform that task very rapidly. Learning research demonstrates that the skills of people who become accurate but not fast deteriorate much sooner than the skills of people who become both accurate and fast. -- Philip Greenspun

There are many ways to avoid success in life, but the most sure-fire just might be procrastination. -- Hara Estroff Marano.

The lesson of the story might appear to be that self-interested and ambitious people in power are often the cause of wastefulness in developing countries. But self-interested and ambitious people are in positions of power, great and small, all over the world. In many places, they are restrained by the law, the press, and democratic opposition. Cameroon's tragedy is that there is nothing to hold self-interest in check. -- Tim Harford

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. -- Mark Twain

A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done. ~Vince Lombardi

If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much. ~ Jim Rohn

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run. –Babe Ruth

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why. –Mark Twain