"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage."

"Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back; a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country."

"If what Proust says is true, that happiness is the absence of fever, then I will never know happiness. For I am possessed by a fever for knowledge, experience, and creation."

"The personal, if it is deep enough, becomes universal, mythical, symbolic."

"When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others."

"There are only two kinds of freedom in the world; the freedom of the rich and powerful, and the freedom of the artist and the monk who renounces possessions."

"We must overcome difficulty by constant practice. We must learn that nothing can happen to us unless we make ourselves susceptible to it."

"The essence of living is discovering. Indeed, it is the joy of discovering that makes life worth the effort."

"May all who love the Lord, love you and those who don't love you, may the Lord give them a limp so you can see them coming."

"It is only rarely that one can see in a little boy the promise of a man, but one can almost always see in a little girl the threat of a woman."

"What Every Computer Consultant Needs to Know: 1) In case of doubt, make it sound convincing. 2) Do not believe in miracles. Rely on them."

"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."