"Management that wants to change an institution must first show that it loves that institution."

“That lovely things exist is a lovely thought.”

Source : Robert Walser (1990). “Masquerade and other stories”, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr

“Though prayer doesn't change God's mind or God's purposes, prayer does change something- It changes us.”

“The legislation of the government has been directed rather to the protection of the rights of money and property than to the best good of the citizen.”

“I'll never forget the first screening at the Berlin Film Festival. As soon as the film ended there was an outbreak of booing, which made us look at each other with some surprise.”

“Contrary to popular belief, all evolving artists are in a full time battle with mediocrity.”

“The criminal justice system - although this applies less to the U.S., where rehabilitation is not seen as a valuable contribution to criminal justice - in Europe where rehab is supposed to be integral, we have no way of rehabilitating skilled hackers. On the contrary what we do is we demonize them and continue to do so after they come out of jail because we restrict their access to computers by law. Crazy world, crazy people.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

“I am aware how almost impossible it is in this country to carry out a foreign policy not approved by the Jews.”

“Mozart began his works in childhood and a childlike quality lurked in his compositions until it dawned on him that the Requiem he was writing for s a stranger was his own.”

Source : Will Durant, Ariel Durant (1967). “Rousseau and Revolution: A History of Civilization in France, England, and Germany from 1756, and in the Remainder of Europe from 1715 to 1789”