“The more ignorant the authority, the more dogmatic it is. In the fields where no real knowledge is even possible, the authorities are the fiercest and most assured and punish non-belief with the severest of penalties.”

This, is course, is not true. The wanton crucifixion of impulses, the unnecessary blocking and frustration of the drives and urges, are an evil that reflects itself in sophistication, ennui and boredom, dissatisfaction, melancholy, fatigue, anxiety and neurosis.

We need a way of life in which the animal, guided by reason, may romp but will not bite.

Great men have been characterized by the greatness of their mistakes as well as by the greatness of their achievements.

Society expects man to be a passive social animal who believes like the People of the Field in “Jurgen” that “to do what you always have done” and “what is expected of you” are the twin rules of life.

Man uses his intelligence less in the care of his own species than he does in his care of anything else he owns or governs.

The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.

Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.

A good novel is worth more than the best scientific study.

You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path.

A Religion of Evolution: that, when all is said and done, is what Man needs ever more explicitly if he is to survive and ‘superlive,’ as soon as he becomes conscious of his power to ultra-hominize himself and of his duty to do so.

Research shows that the climate of an organization influences an individual’s contribution far more than the individual himself.

I think you have to be more flexible to be a pro coach because once you pay the guy the money, whether he can backpedal the way you want him to or whatever, his style of play may not suit you, but you still are going to play him, and he is going to be a part of your team.

Love in all its subtleties is nothing more, and nothing less, than the more or less direct trace marked on the heart of the element by the psychical convergence of the universe upon itself.