But restraint is the only one sort of control, and absence of restraint isn't freedom. It's not control that's lacking when one feels 'free', but the… - B. F. Skinner

...do you really think that geniuses come from genes? Well, maybe they do. But how close have we ever got to making the most of our genes? That’s the real question. You can’t possibly give me an answer, Burris, and you know it. There has been absolutely no way of answering it until now, because it has never been possible to manipulate the environment in the required way.

A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.

We are only just beginning to understand the power of love because we are just beginning to understand the weakness of force and aggression.