Nature has a language of its own, or maybe those who have lived long in solitude read in it their own unconscious inner feelings and mysterious foreknowledge.

To the one who knows how to look and feel, every moment of this free wandering life is an enchantment.

Who knows the flower best? - the one who reads about it in a book, or the one who finds it wild on the mountainside?

Suffering raises up those souls that are truly great; it is only small souls that are made mean-spirited by it.

Neglecting small things under the pretext of wanting to accomplish large ones is the excuse of a coward.

The wise expect nothing, hope for nothing, thus avoiding all disappointment and anxiety.

One must be very strong, or very stupid, or completely exhausted to face life with indifference.

The unsuspected is the daily fare of the traveler in Thibet.

As a stoic I must despise injury or, rather, I must not feel it, must not be affected by it so that it cannot violate the freedom of my soul.

Very few of us are capable of being Free Thinkers, needing neither to adore nor to insult God, the insult often being an act of faith more profound than adoration.

Guard against idols -- yes, guard against all idols, of which surely the greatest is oneself.

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I try to improvise like Les Young, Louis Armstrong or someone else I admire. What comes out is what I feel.

What kind of world is this? And what do you do about it? What do you do when the worst thing that can happen actually happens?

The goal of the computer is to provide people with the means to extend people's minds and bodies. It is an exoskeleton that expands our human reach.

Well, I'm a professional.

I suppose it's part of being a good politician to be able to spot the most important men in any group without outside assistance.

All mothers are rich when they love their children. There are no poor mothers, no ugly ones, no old ones. Their love is always the most beautiful of joys.

I'm going to admit when I'm clueless, and I'm going to ask people for help when I don't know the answer to something.

My best sources are my travels and my collection of National Geographic.

In fact, in the far North one sees the northern lights facing south!