I don't feel so sad when somebody dies, Julio, because they fly away to explore the stars and planets. When it's our turn we join them in exploring the universe.

It is hard to laugh at the need for beauty and romance, no matter how tasteless, even horrible, the results of that need are. But it is easy to sigh. Few things are sadder than the truly monstrous.

Application of common sense is Intelligence

Life is a river, " a wise friend told me. "It's flowing. You're never at the same place twice.

What you are afraid to do is a clear indicator of the next thing you need to do.

Difference which exists between the lowest, so-called men, and the other higher races is greater than between the lowest men and the highest apes.

Leadership is ultimately about creating a way for people to contribute to making something extraordinary happen.

The solution is always spiritual, and it almost never has anything to do with the problem ... laughter is carbonated holiness.

Being a small boy it's very daunting seeing the Queen around and not really quite knowing what to talk about.

Happiness, I have grasped, is a destination, like strawberry Fields. Once you find the way in, there you are, and you'll never feel low again.

Fermat never cared to publish his investigations, but was always perfectly ready, as we see from his letters, to acquaint his friends and contemporaries with his results.