In India, I learned a proverb that says, 'Distrust the calculation seven times over, the mathematician a hundred times.'

'Without the help of mathematics,' the wise man continued, 'the art could not advance and all the sciences would perish.'

Carve out and claim the time to care for yourself and kindle your own fire.

A vast deal of ingenuity is wasted every year in evoking the undesirable, in the careful construction of objects which burden life. Frankenstein was a large rather than an isolated example.

Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy-they're given after all. Choices can be hard.

A belief in God and a belief in astrology cannot be reconciled.

When the wisdom of the heart replaces the chatter of the mind, The power of Love flows forth.

I started racing myself and once you get bitten by that bug you really are hooked.

The world [is] tired of ideology [and] is opening itself to the truth. The time has come when the splendor of this truth has begun anew to illuminate the darkness of human existence.

Friendship is but a name, faith is an empty name. Alas, it is not safe to praise to a friend the object of your love; as soon as he believes your praises, he slips into your place.

I love reading; it's a great way to avoid writing.

For when last need to desperation driveth, Who dareth most he wiseth counsel giveth. [It., Che spesso avvien che ne' maggior perigli Son piu audaci gli ottimi consigli.]