"In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it."
Robert Heinlein (1907 - 1988)

"First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do."
Epictetus (55 AD - 135 AD)

"Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better."
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

"Learn to value yourself, which means: to fight for your happiness."
Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982)

"A mind too active is no mind at all."
Theodore Roethke (1908 - 1963)