It is often wonderful how putting down on paper a clear statement of a case helps one to see, not perhaps the way out, but the way in. – Arthur Christopher Benson

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