every individual will develop relations to other persons, to domains of accomplishment, and to his or her self. - Howard Gardner

"In his history of the psychoanalytic movement, Freud recalled: "When I look back to those lonely years, away from the pressure and preoccupations of today, it seems to me like a glorious 'heroic era'; my 'splendid isolation' was not lacking in advantages and in charms." It is striking that one encounter virtually the same words and affects-the heights and the depths- in the recollections of other innovators as they reflect on their subjective state on the eve of their greatest breakthroughs."

Jean Monnet: “I regard every defeat as an opportunity.

Few things in life are as enjoyable as when we concentrate on a difficult task, using all our skills, knowing what has to be done.