Truth never damages a cause that is just.

"You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect, you should expect it."

There's a real correlation between a society that tells people that they can do anything, and the existence of low self-esteem. So that's another way in which something quite positive can have a nasty kickback. There is another reason why we might be feeling more anxious --about our careers, about our status in the world today, than ever before. And it's, again, linked to something nice. And that nice thing is called meritocracy.

A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.

"We are all patchwork, and so shapeless and diverse in composition that each bit, each moment, plays its own game."