Quotes from the Greats

«The road will be mastered by the one who walks it.» /Boris Konstantinovich Chemodanov/

«When you want to eat—eat; when you want to sleep—sleep.» /from Zen/

«If you do it very quickly (as you are ordered), but poorly, everyone will very soon forget that you did it quickly, but for a very long time they will feel and remember that you did it poorly. And conversely, everyone will very soon forget that you took a long time, and they will never forget that you did it well.» /Sergey Pavlovich Korolev/

«People who are always too busy usually do nothing.» /Georg Lichtenberg/

«A sculptor may say that where he has made a mistake, it is not easy for him to correct it. This is a weak argument [in the dispute about which art is more worthy] when they want to prove that irreparable foolishness makes a work more worthy. But I will rightly say that it is harder to correct the mind of the master who makes such mistakes than to correct the work that he has spoiled.» /Leonardo da Vinci/

«Happiness is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it eludes you. But if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and quietly sit on your shoulder.» /Viktor Frankl/

«Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.» /Albert Einstein/