“There is perhaps nothing worse than reaching the top of the ladder
and discovering that you’re on the wrong wall.”

“The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.”

“Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.”

“Most people grow old within a small circle of ideas, which they have not discovered for themselves. There are perhaps less wrong-minded people than thoughtless.”

“Skipping the basic methods will cost you more at the top than following the full process of doing things while you are still at the bottom of the ladder”

“She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.”

“At the top of the ladder is awareness, or pure experience - the edge of yourself, and possibly the beginning of God.”

“How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top.”

“Perhaps you can feel if you can't hear. Perhaps kind thoughts reach people somehow, even through windows and doors and walls. Perhaps you feel a little warm and comforted.”

“If you’re born poor, you will die on average nine years earlier than others. If you’re black, you’re treated more harshly by the criminal justice system than if you’re white. If you’re a white, working-class boy, you’re less likely than anybody else to go to university. If you’re at a state school, you’re less likely to reach the top professions than if you’re educated privately. If you’re a woman, you still earn less than a man. If you suffer from mental health problems, there’s too often not enough help to hand. If you’re young, you’ll find it harder than ever before to own your own home. These are all burning injustices, and – as I did with the misuse of stop and search and deaths in police custody and modern slavery – I am determined to fight against them.”