"Theory attracts practice as the magnet attracts iron."

-- Carl Friedrich Gauss

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“Do not be afraid to love. Remember dear old Don Quixote, viewing the world with love. He saw many beautiful things no one else saw. Try being dear Don Quixote for a day. You'll see that love improves your vision and allows you to see more than your eye has ever seen before. But be forewarned: Those who look on the world with love will need a handkerchief, not to use as a blindfold, but to blow their nose and dry their tears.”

Source : Bernie Siegel (2013). “Prescriptions For Living: Inspirational Lessons for a Joyful, Loving Life”, p.58, Random House
“If it's ALL about me, it's NOT about MUCH!”
“There's stars, superstars, and then there's Bobby Orr.”
“How often-even before we began-have we declared a task 'impossible'? And how often have we construed a picture of ourselves as being inadequate?...A great deal depends upon the thought patterns we choose and on the persistence with which we affirm them.”
“Let's look at people as artists and try to support them; just because Picasso painted a couple of bad paintings, that's no reason to say he's a lousy painter.”
“I don't have the temperament of a performer, and I certainly couldn't do it every night.”
“Some must delve when the dawn is nigh; Some must toil when the noonday beams; But when might comes, and the soft winds sigh, Every man is a King of Dreams.”
“Genuflection before the idol or the dollar destroys the muscles which walk and the will that moves.”

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