Man must not check his reason by tradition, but, contrariwise, must check tradition by reason.

When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you'd like them to be.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly.

Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.

A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.

Everybody wants to change the world, but nobody thinks about changing himself.

Once we're thrown off our habitual paths, we think all is lost, but it's only here that the new and the good begins.

An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life—becoming a better person.

Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.

Men pray to the Almighty to relieve poverty. But poverty comes not from God's laws-it is blasphemy of the worst kind to say that. Poverty comes from man's injustice to his fellow man.

And here's something else I learned: you lose some people that way - fast and blinding. But some people inch away from you slowly, in barely discernible steps.

A healthy mind observes and questions itself. This is the path to inner peace and happiness. Don’t believe everything you think.

The weariest night, the longest day, sooner or later must perforce come to an end.

You can't lie to your soul.

People would be surprised at how much of an electronic dude I am, and I like new wave, post-punk and proto-punk stuff.

My baby is weird man... when he get mad, he gets in the oven.

I feel like a 1960s graduate student. I still work on note cards. I've never found a better system.

We are also working on the restoration of salmon runs, and we are doing a new process of mass marking with these fish so we can tell the wild fish from the hatchery fish.

My favorite sci-fi always uses its hook to amplify some bigger theme or idea - some emotional thrust.

When I was about 12, I wanted a CD player for Christmas, but instead my parents gave me a really crappy electric guitar.