There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for granted relationship. – Iris Murdoch
In almost every marriage there is a selfish and an unselfish partner. A pattern is set up and soon becomes inflexible, of one person always making the demands and one person always giving way. – Iris Murdoch
One doesnt have to get anywhere in a marriage. Its not a public conveyance. – Iris Murdoch
Happiness is a matter of one’s most ordinary and everyday mode of consciousness being busy and lively and unconcerned with self. – Iris Murdoch
The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. Thats nonsense in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born. – Warren G. Bennis