Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it.

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.

Being in a minority, even in a minority of one, did not make you mad. There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad.

The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.

Reality is inside the skull.

Of pain you could wish only one thing: that it should stop. Nothing in the world was so bad as physical pain. In the face of pain there are no heroes.

Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.

If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.

The Revolution will be complete when the language is perfect.

A great book is one, which really don’t finish when it finishes.

I just work hard and do things as they come along. But it has been a challenge to learn that I have to say 'no' to things and to know how and what to prioritize.

Maybe if I point to my brain it will work.

Love is more than blind. It’s brain-dead.

In the '90s, there was a big bell-bottom craze. Everyone was wearing grungy bell-bottoms. It was so repugnant to me.

There are some religious traditions that view human beings as participants in creation. This is true of the Jewish tradition, from which I come.

It breaks my heart to find myself within the cesspool of reality TV shows.

A typical software project can present more opportunities to learn from mistakes than some people get in a lifetime.

I've really learned to compartmentalize the different parts of my life. I work really hard.

Men, God is not opposed to greatness. God is opposed to pride. Big difference. Unfortunately, it is a difference not widely understood or embraced.