Education is a complex, multifaceted, and painstaking process, and being gifted does not make this less so.

Ultimately you should follow advice not because someone tells you to, but because it was something that you already knew you should be doing.

Pointing out that countless great mathematicians had tried to solve the problem and failed before you came along is in particularly bad taste and should be avoided completely.

... it can often be profitable to try a technique on a problem even if you know in advance that it cannot possibly solve the problem completely.

Unsolicited surprise requests from strangers are essentially guaranteed to be met with a negative response.

Volume grows spatially slower than scaling.

You will always be a monster - there is no turning back from it. But what kind of monster you become is entirely up to you.

In a secular age, an authentic miracle must purport to be a hoax, in order to gain credit in the world.

That’s one of the things that I like about him - because he’s been consistent since he changed his mind.

I have always emphasized the willingness to discard.

Profit is not the proper end and aim of management - it is what makes all of the proper ends and aims possible

Look about you. Take hold of the things that are here. Let them talk to you. You learn to talk to them.

Laughter is the fireworks of the soul.

Work harder, get closer and be passionate about what you photograph.

I put myself in the hands of Christ, who is the true leader of the church.

I shall also take you forth and carve our names together in a yew tree, haloed with stars.