Life is like a box of chocolates: You get through what little actual good stuff there is right away, then you constantly fool yourself into believing there's still something good in whatever's left.

Facts, like living things, have a value in and of themselves and demand respect. Yet some people use them as means to an end, and dismiss them as soon as they are done using them.

True ideas seem to suffer from repetition, while stupid ones tend to flourish.

A thousand truths can be assembled in such a way as to create a colossal lie.

As time and space are bent by gravity, so too is truth bent by power.

You may never live long enough to discover who you are, but by the time you reach middle age you will hopefully realize who you are not.

Technology has not made humanity any wiser, it has only made us more dangerous.

Sometimes you come to realize you understand something but you can’t explain it to anyone, not even yourself. This is perhaps the most sacred kind of understanding.

There is no greater thing than to be oneself, and it is never too late to do so.

Where there is hope there is life.

Death is the night sky, the background against which the fleeting fireworks of life are displayed, an empty stage upon which the drama of life is played.

A new baby is the beginning of a new universe—his own unique universe.

I'm probably projecting. I'm a projector. For example: The world is not terrible. I just keep thinking it is.

One of the pre - requisites for children becoming proactive and responsible citizens is the availability of enough role models inside and outside the school.

[I like] Victor Jara and the music of Chile, and the social movement in Chile.

I love a nicely groomed guy who smells good. That's important.

I've changed my style constantly, so I'm not sure I have one defined style, except perhaps style of subject matter.

Books were my pass to personal freedom.

Leadership is a choice, not a position