Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.

In order to truly master a field, you must love the subject and feel a profound connection to it. Your interest must transcend the field and border on religious. In my experience, this passion helps keep you motivated to keep working at your craft.

Novelist Charles Kingsley on happiness: “We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.”