The child is not a prisoner of its inheritance; it holds its inheritance as a new creation which its future actions will unfold.
Jacob BronowskiIt's a sort of curious phenomenon that God is somehow not quite as nice as the devil; the devil doesn't punish you for behaving well, but God punishes you for behaving badly.
Jacob BronowskiTo me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.
Jacob Bronowski