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You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him to find it for himself.

— Galileo

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To be catalyst is the ambition most appropriate for those who see the world as being in constant change, and who, without thinking that they can control it, wish to influence its direction.

— Theodore Zeldin

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The best doctors found a middle position where the were neither over-whelmed by their feelings nor estranged from them. That was the most difficult position of all, and the precise balance – neither too detached nor too caring – was something few learned.

— Michael Crichton

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2008.10.13 Monday