We learn an art or craft by doing the things that we shall have to do when we have learnt it.
The Nicomachean Ethics · 322 BC
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Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low-vaulted past!
The Chambered Nautilus · 1858
The Nicomachean Ethics · 322 BC
Never complain of that of which it is at all times in your power to rid yourself.
The Theory of Moral Sentiments · 1759
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands.
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenence · 1974