Cause, Cost, and Other Machinery

Archimedes said: Give me a suitable fulcrum and I will move the earth from its place. I say: Let me live forever and I will make the earth a paradise.

Excessive planning leads to failure, because it complicates the matter and makes one forget that the whole process rests on simple rules. For example: to lose weight, eat less. To get higher grades, study more.

There are no magical solutions and no shortcuts.

Which kind of prevention is more important: resisting what may lead to an accident, or taking as many precautions as possible to reduce the damage if the accident happens? I really do not know. But for some reason I think the second carries more realism.

Success is more dangerous than failure. After it comes the moment of absolute confidence and the neglect of small errors and details, and there the catastrophe occurs. Remember the disasters of the Titanic and the space shuttle Columbia.

The rule that governs the universe: the law of cause and effect. Every action has an impact, and everything is built on a cause.

There is nothing in this universe that is not a double-edged weapon, starting with the human tongue, passing through the sewing needle, and ending with nuclear missiles.

Preventing discussion of certain subjects prevents the possibility of reaching a solution.

The game of life: you will never win, but only your performance improves with each attempt.

Believe me, no path is better than another. Any path you take will form gains for you equal to its losses. So do not hesitate for long; simply start moving.

The dog is not running after you; you are the one running in front of the dog.

Losing hope remains a more useful step than desperate clinging.

I am happy I made this mistake; without it the work would not have come out this splendid.

I stretched out my hand to keep him from falling, and pushed him far into the abyss.

The one who does not follow the plan is better than the one who has no plan in the first place.

Learn to crawl first, and do not try to learn walking directly. That is the natural order of the matter.

Abundance creates waste.

Plan your life so it moves along known roads; learn and educate yourself well, then act from the inspiration of the moment.