Call it an issue. Call it baggage. But I really hated lies. They're ugly things, festering like wounds, spreading like disease. They're winner-less crimes that hurt everybody in the end.

The art of teaching lies in communicating the mystery of the universe without taking the mystery out of it.

The best way to deal with your past is not to avoid thinking about it or trying to forget it, but to accept it happened, forgive yourself and move on.

Nothing can grow under big trees.

The high-ceilinged rooms, the little balconies, alcoves, nooks and angles all suggest sanctuary, escape, creature comfort. The reader, the scholar, the browser, the borrower is king.

Christians often threaten atheists with eternal torture. But if we say that they're delusional, they will tell us that we're being rude.

Go with your fate, but not beyond. Beyond leads to dark places.

I know a cure for sadness: Let our hands touch something that makes your eyes smile.

But it is impossible to enjoy a tennis game, a book, or a conversation unless attention is fully concentrated on the activity.

In Russia, there are those who make their money in criminal ways, but I earn everything myself.

Do you realize that you can't play the game of life with sweaty palms?