The theory of our modern technic shows that nothing is as practical as theory.

The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.

Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds. (quoting the Bhagavad-Gita after witnessing the first Nuclear explosion.)

Access to the Vedas is the greatest privilege this century may claim over all previous centuries.

No man should escape our universities without knowing how little he knows.

Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.

There are children playing in the streets who could solve some of my top problems in physics, because they have modes of sensory perception that I lost long ago.

Genius sees the answer before the question.

There are no secrets about the world of nature. There are secrets about the thoughts and intentions of men.

The people of this world must unite or they will perish.

When we deny the EVIL within ourselves, we dehumanize ourselves, and we deprive ourselves not only of our own destiny but of any possibility of dealing with the EVIL of others.

Don't constantly make angry your wife. Once she throws you out of her heart, there is no appeal

If it is not tempered by compassion, and empathy, reason can lead men and women into a moral void. (95)

While a kind man was working up the nerve to ask me on a date, I was working up the nerve to kill him with my bare hands

I have to decide whether I'm just laying down a groove, kind of a bed and canvas for the lyrics and music to live on, or trying to illustrate something in the lyrics.

Without mountains the air could not be purified, nor the flowing of the rivers sustained.

I do love that witches havent really been explored that much. Usually, witches are the little side character... a bad female character that comes in and leaves.

With bombs and fires, you get only one mistake.

Never be impressed with charisma. Look for character.

My favorite record I've ever done is Rock Salt and Nails. It was recorded in '68-'69 and released in '69. There's something about that record I really like.

From an app point of view, if you looked at innovation on the PC, you'd be hard pressed to find companies innovating. The list is small.