“A discussion should be a genuine attempt to explore a subject rather than a battle between competing egos.”

“(...) being right all the time acquires a huge importance in education, and there is this terror of being wrong. The ego is so tied to being right that later on in life you are reluctant to accept that you are ever wrong, because you are defending not the idea but your self-esteem. (...) this terror of being wrong means that people have enormous difficulties in changing ideas.”

“Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.”

“An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.”

“It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all.”

“The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas. It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong than to be always right by having no ideas at all. ”

“Everyone has the right to doubt everything as often as he pleases and the duty to do it at least once. No way of looking at things is too sacred to be reconsidered. No way of doing things is beyond improvement.”