To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.

A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.

You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.

All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.

And that's a lot of the reason why we care so much about our careers and indeed start caring so much about material goods. You know, we're often told that we live in very materialistic times, that we're all greedy people. I don't think we are particularly materialistic. I think we live in a society which has simply pegged certain emotional rewards to the acquisition of material goods. It's not the material goods we want;