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The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

Herbert Spencer

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.

Albert Einstein.

No ethically-trained software engineer would ever consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Basic professional ethics would instead require him to write a DestroyCity procedure, to which Baghdad could be given as a parameter.

Nathaniel Borenstein

Any action is often better than no action, especially if you have been stuck in an unhappy situation for a long time. If it is a mistake, at least you learn something, in which case it’s no longer a mistake. If you remain stuck, you learn nothing.

Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

There are two types of people in the business community: those who produce results and those who give you reasons why they didn’t.

Peter Drucker