Books are totally useless unless you take their advice. If you just keep reading them, thinking "that's so insightful! that changes everything," but never actually doing anything different, then pretty quickly the feeling will wear off and you'll start searching for another book to fill the void.
Aaron SwartzSteadfastness is a noble quality, but unguided by knowledge or humility, it becomes rashness, or obstinacy.
Aaron SwartzCreativity comes from applying things you learn in other fields to the field you work in.
Aaron Swartz