“Yet, standardization only leads to sameness, not necessarily quality, and rarely to excellence (p. 9).”
“Truth leads to Freedom, yet freedom does not necessarily lead to truth.”
“How different each death is, and yet it leads us into the self-same country, that country which we inhabit so rarely, where we see the worthlessness of what we have long pursued and will so soon return to pursuing.”
“Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.”
“In Africa, there is a birthrate trap: a higher standard of living will lead to smaller families but smaller families will not lead to a higher standard of living.”
“The envy of excellence leads to perdition; the love of it leads to the light.”