A small amount of power corrupts a small man absolutely. A little knowledge is dangerous to a little man. To a great man only great knowledge is dangerous.

Man should rule with computers, not vice versa.

Tools may limit the user, but the utility of tools is limited by the skill of the user.

Safety is not a destination that we reach for, rather it is a retreat that we escape to. And if our lives are marked by the incessant search for safety, we will live the whole of it going in reverse.

Would you believe in a story without the heroes? There are stories without heroes.

All ideas in a truly free society should always be open for discussion.

Impatience is the cardinal sin of youth.

Sooner or later, even the sharpest pain became flattened.

According to the law of custom, and perhaps of reason, foreign travel completes the education of an English gentleman.

Servility is disgusting to a truly noble character, and engenders only contempt.

The world is so competitive, aggressive, consumive, selfish and during the time we spend here we must be all but that.

The old lady who said there must be a devil, else how could they make pictures that looked exactly like him, reasoned like a trained theologian - like a doctor of divinity.

Sometimes you just have to jump off the cliff without knowing where you will land.