My dad was a biochemist and geneticist and often spoke in genetics.

As kids we learn that all good things come at a price and that if something looks too good to be true then it probably is.

There is no possibility of one becoming a yogi, O Arjuna, if one eats too much, or eats too little, sleeps too much or does not sleep enough.

~Bhagavad Gita Chapter 6, Verse 16

Thou seest I have more flesh than another man, and therefore more frailty.

-William Shakespeare

For the mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate and very strong, O Krsna, and to subdue it, I think, is more difficult than controlling the wind.

~Bhagavad Gita Chapter 6, Verse 16