Mathematics is life: the workings (process) is more important than the answer (proof/product). A wrong process cannot make a right product.

It is better to know so much about a few but important things, than to know so little about life, and much about trivial things.

The quality of knowledge youbring into the relationshipdetermines the quality of therelationship.

You must consciously choose what you know. Knowledge fromthis present social system is notdesigned to help you succeed.

Knowledge is what you know, that gives you an edge overthe ordinary person.

It is better to be a Number Two in a working system, than be a Number One yet lack capacity to make the system work.

The will is your most important asset. If you lose it, you have lost everything.

Leaving your religion and having to invent your own system of values is a big deal, after all.

I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.

The tragedy is not that we are alone, but that we cannot be. At times I would give anything in the world to no longer be connected by anything to this universe of men.

Nobody turns down an invitation to the White House, but I’ve seen plenty of people turn down an invitation to fully live.

I don't believe that jazz will ever really die. It's a nice way to express yourself.

I live in constant fear of being fired or dropped for that dark part of my work I can't control.

The canker which the trunk conceals is revealed by the leaves, the fruit, or the flower.

If there was the opportunity to climb a mountain, or to go ballooning, or some adventurous activity, I would always be keen to do it. I loved the countryside.

There's no point living, if you can't feel alive.

One should write not unskillfully in the running hand, be able to sing in a pleasing voice and keep good time to music; and, lastly, a man should not refuse a little wine when it is pressed upon him.