“Not blaming ourselves for mistakes is the flip side of not taking credit for our acts of courage or creativity or leadership, or our good ideas.”

“We are most likely to get angry and excited in our opposition to some idea when we ourselves are not quite certain of our own position, and are inwardly tempted to take the other side.”

“Our culture peculiarly honors the act of blaming, which it takes as the sign of virtue and intellect.”

“When your leadership fails, the followers are the ones to blame or perhaps, there is poor leadership on the side of the leading figure.”

“Our losses should frequently be put on the credit side.”

“Writing is the flip side of sex - it's only good when it's over.”

“The dark net is a world of power and freedom: of expression, of creativity, of information, of ideas. Power and freedom endow our creative and our destructive faculties. The dark net magnifies both, making it easier to explore every desire, to act on every dark impulse, to indulge every neurosis.”

“The artist begins with a vision — a creative operation requiring effort. Creativity takes courage.”

“I've been taking a closer look at these graduates. They are actually taller, stronger, smarter than we were, smart enough maybe to take our mistakes as their messages, to make our weaknesses their lessons, and to make our example — good and not so good — part of their education.”

“Any party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the drought.”