The moon hung over the planet Earth, a dead thing over a dying thing.

The most important questions in life can never be answered by anyone except oneself.

The profoundest distances are never geographical.

There are only two races on this planet - the intelligent and the stupid.

There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time you must accept yourself. It is not any more what you will become. It is what you are and always will be.

Time is not a road - it is a room.

The pronoun is one of the most terrifying masks man has invented.

There are many reasons why novelists write, but they all have one thing in common - a need to create an alternative world.

In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In physical terms, I move through them; yet in metaphysical ones, they seem to move through me.

Alive. Alive in the way that death is alive.

An answer is always a form of death.

The way you react in times of challenges will determine whether your challenges will weigh you down, or you will overthrow them.

Patriarchy is like the elephant in the room that we don't talk about, but how could it not affect the planet radically when it's the superstructure of human society?

I would say, compared with the 19th century, compared with most previous history, this is as good or better a society than any which man has ever made. But that doesn't mean it is such a good one.

We believe that by removing a crippling debt burden we'll help millions of Africans improve their lives and grow their economies.

Don't make the kinds of mistakes that will bring regret.

I'm not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs a repair, I'll fix it.

I myself had to grow a longer beard and Afghan clothes. I was in danger of being kidnapped by smugglers, though I didn't know it at the time.

The creative, loving-something life is also the healthy one. There is healing and protection in doing what makes you happy.

The secret of getting on the shortlist is doing your best work fearlessly for a long time before you get on the list.

The learning person looks forward to failure or mistakes. The worst problem in leadership is basically early success.