You need to make yourself a big target for luck, and the way to do that is to be curious. Try lots of things, meet lots of people, read lots of books, ask lots of questions.
- Paul Graham
It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
"Il est dangereux d'avoir raison dans des choses où des hommes établis ont tort."
— Voltaire
Work saves a man from three great evils: boredom, vice, and need.
"Le travail éloigne de nous trois grands maux: l'ennui, le vice et le besoin."
— Voltaire
Lightning and thunder require time, the light of the stars requires time, deeds require time even after they are done, before they can be seen and heard.
- FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE