Luckily for me, I loved books. Books can enlighten but can also benight, but at least one can play one off against another.

We were created to work (not have jobs) for a living

There are things in the universe that are simply and purely evil. A warrior does not seek to understand them, or compromise with them. He seeks only to obliterate them

Lead such a life, that, when you die, the people may mourn you, and while you are alive they long for your company.

People who inspire others are those who see invisible bridges at the end of dead-end streets

Truly great men must, I think, experience great sorrow on the earth.

The biggest problems were to do with... well, to get that successful when you're so young, it attracts hangers-on, parasites, people who want to feed off you.

Language is generated by the intellect and generates the intellect.

Communications requires study, preparation, and a special attention to truth, goodness and beauty.

I have always been of opinion that a man who desires to get married should know either everything or nothing.