I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy. – Rabindranath Tagore

Just as a well-filled day brings blessed sleep, so a well-employed life brings a blessed death. – Leonard Da Vinci

Don’t be the best. Be the only. – Keven Kelly

You must not fool yourself – and you are the easiest person to fool. – Richard Feynman

No one is crazy – we all make decisions based on our own unique experiences that seem to make sense to us in a given moment. – Morgan Housel

In theory there is no difference between theory and practice; in practice there is. – Yogi Berra

What is not intelligible to me is not necessarily unintelligent. – Nietzsche

Doing is wiser than you are prone to believe – and more rational. – Nassim Taleb

A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it. – Rabindranath Tagore

Become who you are by learning who you are. – Pindar (Greek poet, 2600 years ago)

Economists are like plumbers; we solve problems with a combination of intuition grounded in science, some guesswork aided by experience, and a bunch of pure trial and error. – Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo