Preach not to others what they should eat, but eat as becomes you and be silent. – Epictetus

It is a mistake to imagine that potentially great men are rare. It is the conditions that permit the promise of greatness to be fulfilled that are rare. What is so difficult to achieve is the cultural background that permits potential greatness to be converted into actual greatness. – Fred Hoyle, Of Man and Galaxies

Fame — the aggregate of all the misunderstandings that collect around a new name. – Rainer Maria Rilke