I have nightmares about hell, where all I do is add up numbers and try to have conversations with people like you.

There’s nothing that makes you more insane than family. Or more happy. Or more exasperated. Or more . . . secure.

I believe everyone is born into the world to do something unique and distinctive.

Why is it that all non-conformists look the same?

Some politician some years ago said that bad officials are elected by good voters who do not vote.

We Bene Gesserit sift people to find the humans.

For satyagraha and its offshoots, non-co-operation and civil resistance, are nothing but new names for the law of suffering.

In ethics, prudence is not an important virtue, but in the world it is almost everything.

Medicine is a jealous mistress. It demands all your time.

The little birds have God for their caterer.

I don't understand why people don't remember my name.

The way you see yourself is important, you see. It's as if you carve yourself out of your own interpretation. And so I became the name I was called.