Learning algebra isn't about acquiring a specific tool; it's about building up a mental muscle that will come in handy elsewhere. You don't go to ..

the gym because you're interested in learning how to operate a StairMaster; you go to the gym because operating a StairMaster does something laudable to your body, the benefits of which you enjoy during the many hours of the week when you're not on a StairMaster. --Steven Johnson "Everything bad is good for you".

Relations between friends, between husband and wife are based upon self-interest.

It's not who you are underneath, but what you do that defines you.

Denkt daran, den eigenen Tod muss man nur sterben, mit dem Tod der anderen muss man leben...

Celebrate any success.