The thing is, it's very dangerous to have a fixed idea. A person with a fixed idea will always find some way of convincing himself in the end that he is right

A felicitous but unproved conjecture may be of much more consequence for mathematics than the proof of many a respectable theorem.

Sometimes all a person wants is an empathetic ear

I am a religious by the heart, but an atheist by the mind.

Being rich isn't much fun when mostly everyone else is begging around you.

Betrayal is sacred when the heart can encompass the whole.

There are no whole truths: all truths are half-truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths that plays to the devil.

You can kid the world, but not your sister.

To condemn spontaneous and delightful occupations because they are useless for self-preservation shows an uncritical prizing of life irrespective of its content.

Be a river - not a reservoir.

In general, talking about human rights tends to be very persuasive for people who care about human rights.

I believe in unity, as opposed to division.