The best students always are flunking. Every good teacher knows that.

The past exists only in our memories, the future only in our plans. The present is our only reality.

When you live in the shadow of insanity, the appearance of another mind that thinks and talks as yours does is something close to a blessed event.

To live only for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top.

The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.

One of the most moral acts is to create a space in which life can move forward.

Other people can talk about how to expand the destiny of mankind. I just want to talk about how to fix a motorcycle. I think that what I have to say has more lasting value.

The truth knocks on the door and you say, go away, I'm looking for the truth, and it goes away. Puzzling.

My favorite piece of technical writing: Assembly of Japanese bicycle require great peace of mind.

Quality is a direct experience independent of and prior to intellectual abstractions.

Any effort that has self-glorification as its final endpoint is bound to end in disaster.

We all think we understand love yet we fail to see that no two loves are the same

The longer you live in the past, the less future you have to enjoy.

Every time I finish a book, it's my favorite. I have a lot of favorites. I did just finish Jane Eyre and it was fabulous. I didn't want it to end.

Starch makes the gentleman, etiquette the lady.

Controlling your emotions is the biggest challenge for a horseman.

I love the theater because the theater is alive. The audience is right there.

I don't need to waste my time with a computer just because I am a computer scientist.

Invest in places that make sense so you can afford to live in places that don’t make sense.

In matters of government, justice means force as well as virtue.

Hillary Clinton is, I think, a cult figure.