Children have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try again. Most of us adults are so afraid, so cautious, so 'safe,' and therefore so shrinking and rigid and afraid that it is why so many humans fail. Most middle aged adults have resigned themselves to failure.

Malcolm X

The True Criterion of Leadership is Spiritual

Mankind's history has proved from one era to another that the true criterion of leadership is spiritual. Men are attracted by spirit. By power, men are forced. Love is engendered by spirit. By power, anxieties are created.

Malcolm X

multitudes of theories, facts, and techniques

The multitudes of theories, facts, and techniques that have emerged in recent centuries have not the least logical bearing upon the ultimate issues of existence and life. In this respect they only serve to distract and confuse a people already harassed witless by their slogans, scientific advances, "labor-saving" devices, and a blizzard of promises about when and how "happiness" is going to be achieved. Vague references to "particles and progress" do not provide a coherent picture of life.

Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy