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 The egg it is the source of all To everyone's ancestral hall.  Can you imagine a world without men? No crime and lots of happy fat women. I always keep a supply of stimulant handy in case I see a snake - which I also keep handy. He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again. The unknown is what it is. And to be frightened of it is what sends everybody scurrying around chasing dreams, illusions, wars, peace, love, hate, all that. Unknown is what it is. Accept that it's unknown, and it's plain sailing. St. Teresa of Avila described our life in this world as like a night at a second-class hotel. Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come. If we would only give, just once, the same amount of reflection to what we want to get out of life that we give to the question of what to do with a two weeks' vacation, we would be startled at our false standards and the aimless procession of our busy days. Here is where some entrepreneurs fail. They are filled with creative juices and total commitment to their business, but too often they don't understand that they must also be managers, administrators, even gofers-at least for a while. Cultural transformation announces itself in sputtering fits and starts, sparked here and there by minor incidents, warmed by new ideas that may smolder for decades. In many different places, at different times, the kindling is laid for the real conflagration-the one that will consume the old landmarks and alter the landscape forever. Money, or even power, can never yield happiness unless it be accompanied by the goodwill of others. Art is based on order. The world is full of 'sloppy Bohemians' and their work betrays them. The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched-they must be felt with the heart. Life is a long preparation for something that never happens. Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs. The man who fails because he aims astray, or because he does not aim at all, is to be found everywhere. To help all created things, that is the measure of our responsibility; to be helped by all, that is the measure of our hope. As one retiring chief executive said to his successor "Yesterday was the last day you heard the truth from your subordinates." I don't know what humor is. The things we fear most in organizations-fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances-are the primary sources of creativity. 
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