I was supposed to choose apractical profession, but this was simply unbearable to me.

Those who staying with the wrong reward,(eg. stay in comfort zone, etc.), long enough will get problem.

Without the sense of fellowship with men of like mind, of preoccupation with the objective, the eternally unattainable in the field of art and scientific research, life would have seemed to me empty.

... knowledge must continually be renewed by ceaseless effort, if it is not to be lost. It resembles a statue of marble which stands in the desert and is continually threatened with burial by the shifting sand. The hands of service must ever be at work, in order that the marble continue to lastingly shine in the sun. To these serving hands mine shall also belong.

Growth comes through analogy; through seeing how things connect, rather than only seeing how they might be different.

The Jewish scriptures admirably illustrate the development from the religion of fear to moral religion, a development continued in the New Testament. The religions of all civilized peoples, especially the peoples of the Orient, are primarily moral religions.

When a man is sufficiently motivated, discipline will take care of itself.