Beware of finding what you're looking for. A favorite aphorism he often used.

The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers.

Given two people with exactly the same ability, the one person who manages day in and day out to get in one more hour of thinking will be tremendously more productive over a lifetime.

There are wavelengths that people cannot see, there are sounds that people cannot hear, and maybe computers have thoughts that people cannot think.

If you don't work on important problems, it's not likely that you'll do important work.

Newton said, "If I have seen further than others, it is because I've stood on the shoulders of giants." These days we stand on each other's feet!

The most dangerous thought you can have as a creative person is to think you know what you’re doing.

Typing is no substitute for thinking.

Mathematics is not merely an idle art form, it is an essential part of our society.

True greatness is when your name is like ampere, watt, and fourier-when it's spelled with a lower case letter.

You can tell other people all the alibis you want. I don't mind. But to yourself try to be honest.

Love is a hidden treasure. You never know you have it until someone special reveals it.

Find my wrongdoings and blame it on me, Willingly I will accept the fact.I will not change as per your perspective, but will surely not hurt you, While I am being myself.

They should regard me as what I am. I am a spiritual leader and teacher.

I do not think it is an exaggeration to say history is largely a history of inflation, usually inflations engineered by governments for the gain of governments.

If you decide to live a pure life, don't expect the world to understand your decision.

It is better to suffer once than to be in perpetual apprehension.

It is always a strain when people are being killed. I don't think anybody has held this job who hasn't felt personally responsible for those being killed.

You cannot direspect the caterpillar and rave about the butterfly.

To play piano is a significant part of my life, my existence. It fulfills a very physical & spiritual need for me.

There's just certain accents that you can and can't do. And the Scottish accent was one that came quite naturally to me, which is weird because I have no one in my life who's Scottish.